The USDA's proposed changes to poultry and pork processing line speeds could reshape Minnesota's economy, impacting major employers in towns like Willmar and Austin.

High beef prices and genomic breakthroughs are rewriting the dairy playbook, keeping the U.S. milking herd at record levels as producers prioritize beef-on-dairy calves and high-component milk.

Dairy producers are facing a decline in milk prices but beef prices are up and providing added revenue to help them weather ...

Central Minnesota’s turkey belt is getting a new power player. Willmar-based Life‑Science Innovations (LSI) is set to take over Hormel Foods’ whole-bird turkey business, including the processing plant ...

February 18, 2026 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced proposed rules Tuesday that would speed up line speeds at poultry and pork production facilities. Civil Eats is a ...

Smithfield has asked the city to consider a $90M TIF for their new $1.3B pork plant. Here's what else we know about what to expect at Foundation Park.

While U.S. cattle herd size contracts, feedlot sectors in South America, Africa, and Australia expand, reshaping where the ...

Guinea signs partnership with Brazil’s Rio Verde to boost livestock output Over 2,000 purebred Brazilian cows to be introduced at Boké center Move aims to cut dairy imports averaging 9,373 tons a year ...

The old Nardone Brothers Baking Company building in Wilkes-Barre could become a Dominican meat processing plant and distribution center.

The company has resumed operations at its plant in Jarratt, Viriginia on Feb. 2 after completing a “comprehensive series of facility enhancements and the implementation of enhanced product ...

Workers at the JBS meat processing plant in Greeley voted to authorize a strike that could start “soon” if JBS doesn’t return to the negotiation table, according to union leaders who said a strike at ...

The union says workers are being asked to work faster, increasing the risk of injury, and that the company is also reducing work hours, which cuts income. "They're fed up with JBS. They're fed up with ...