JBS SA parent pleads guilty to US foreign corruption violations By Anna Flávia Rochas on 10/15/2020 J&F Investimentos and subsidiary JBS SA have agreed to pay fines to end legal exposure tied to a corruption scandal in Brazil revealed in 2017, according to a company statement Wednesday. J&F Investimentos pleaded guilty to violating the U.S….
Pilgrim’s Pride to pay $110M in price-fixing plea agreement By Lisa M. Keefe on 10/14/2020 Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation announced that it has entered into a plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, in which it will pay a fine of $110.5 million for restraint of competition that affected three contracts for the…
New USDA Ruling Allows for Chicken to Be Produced From Diseased Birds Mura Dominko 8/19/2020 When the president invoked the Defense Production Act in April, to keep essential goods in production through the pandemic, it had some unexpected consequences on the food supply chain. © Provided by Eat This, Not That! usda building The meat…
Meat processing plant coming to Mott VIDEO by: Robert Suhr Posted: Sep 30, 2020 / 09:10 PM CDT / Updated: Sep 30, 2020 / 09:36 PM CDT After a year of planning, 50 mile an hour winds couldn’t stop the ceremonial shovels from hitting the ground. It was a “who’s who” of North Dakota dignitaries…
WSJ NEWSLETTER Six Chicken-Industry Officials Indicted for Price Fixing New charges expand Justice Department’s antitrust case in ongoing probe of poultry industry Prosecutors alleged the price-fixing took place from 2012 into early 2019. PHOTO: DANE RHYS/REUTERS By Jacob Bunge and Brent Kendall Oct. 7, 2020 Six current and former chicken-industry executives have been indicted on…
Hit by too much rain, then drought, a derecho and the pandemic, Iowa farmers roll into a harvest unlike any before Donnelle Eller Des Moines Register RADCLIFFE, Iowa — On a late September day, Denny Friest deftly reversed the direction of his corn head, spewing out a large knot of tangled, downed stalks that had…
USFSA Statement in Defense of Agroecology and the Right to Food Posted on October 1, 2020 by USFSA For Immediate Release October 1, 2020 Contact: Jordan Treakle, 202-543-5675, jordan Ahna Kruzic, 510-927-5379, ahna U.S. Farmers Call Out U.S. Ambassador for Pushing Agribusiness Agenda and Attacking Agroecology at the United Nations A national alliance of farmers,…
Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020 Perilous Bounty is a journey well worth taking By Alan Guebert Some books are worth more in your hand and on your shelf than they are as electrons in your e-reader. These books, and their authors, are valued friends and you return to…
RELEASE: The Strengthening Local Processing Act Addresses Critical Livestock and Poultry Supply Chain Issues September 29, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kelly Nuckolls, Policy Specialist National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition knuckolls RELEASE: The Strengthening Local Processing Act Addresses Critical Livestock and Poultry Supply Chain Issues The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) Applauds Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-ME)…
Beijing asks frozen food importers to shun countries with severe coronavirus By Reuters Staff September 27, 2020 A man takes frozen food from a freezer in a supermarket following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beijing, China, August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s capital called on importers on Monday to…