Ohio Packing Co. announced the company is closing its business and that Crescent Springs, Ky.-based Blue Grass Quality Meats has acquired the company's brands.
A fire severely damaged a Hillshire Brands turkey processing facility, according to local news reports. No plant employees were injured, although a firefighter was treated and released for a shoulder injury.
Icelandic Group’s EBITDA in 2013 totaled EUR 16.7 million (USD 23 million), up about EUR 4.8 million (USD 6.6 million) compared to 2012 when EBITA was almost EUR 11.9 million (USD 16.4 million).
The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced preliminary results in the administrative proceedings determining antidumping duties assessed on shrimp imports that entered the United States between 1 February 2012 and 31 January 2013.
Sealord on Monday said it will more than double its fresh Marine Stewardship Council-certified hoki sales this year in Australia as a result of a deal with Woolworths.
In one of the shortest earnings conference calls in Smithfield history, Keira Lombardo announced changes to the company’s reporting calendar to coincide with the accounting calendar of WH Group, Smithfield Foods’ parent company.
More than 180 domestic and foreign companies have participated in the ongoing international exhibition of livestock, dairy, meat-processing and aquaculture in Viet Nam's southern Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City.
A return to positive margins in recent months is rejuvenating producer confidence to invest for the future for the first time in three years, according to the latest BPEX Confidence Survey.
Brazilian meat and food processing giant JBS saw consolidated net revenue reached R$92,902.8 million in 2013, an increase of R$17.2 billion, 22.7 per cent higher than in 2012.
There is a strong commitment to the bilateral trading relationship between the Brazil and China, according to the Brazilian Poultry Association (UBABEF)
Total exports of pig meat were unchanged in 2013 from the previous year, writes Jackie Linden, although less was traded within the EU and more to third-countries.
The price of poultry in Russia may jump by about 20% in 2014 due to the fall of the national currency and the general deficit on the country’s meat market.
U.S. pork production is expected to fall 6 to 7 percent in 2014 as a deadly pig virus sweeps across the country, reducing the supply of market-ready hogs, according to Rabobank agribusiness analysts.
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter for feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or more totaled 10.8 million head on March 1, which is 1 percent below the year-ago total
