Talk to any farmer who used to raise pigs, and they’ll more than likely tell you it all changed in 1998. That’s the year that draws memories of agony and financial pain for many. Hog margins bled red, ...

USDA is continuing its commitment to expand meat and poultry processing capacity with a $12 million investment to expand in three projects in Ohio, Michigan and Minnesota. The investment is part of ...

In a typical poultry processing facility, much of the waste is simply dumped in a landfill or incinerated. Two experimental new processes, however, make use of the feathers, blood and bones – plus one ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Thursday that USDA is making investments to increase independent meat and poultry processing capacity, expand market opportunities for ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday proposed sweeping changes in the way chicken and turkey meat is processed that are intended to reduce illnesses from food contamination but could require ...

Tucked away behind the trees along Bendigo Boulevard in the Snoqualmie Valley, Lulu Redder and her farmhand stand underneath two canopies, processing chickens five at a time, with Redder’s two dogs ...

UTICA — Processing poultry has been a way of life for Joann Burt. She’s helped pluck, process and prepare birds for the dinner table since she was a child. So when she and her husband, Merlin, decided ...