Larger birds and value-added product offerings drive growth while challenges limit processing plant expansion.

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced March 25 additional resources to help increase and expand meat and poultry processing capacity, including the Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity ...

On October 10, 2025, a settlement was filed in an information sharing case that highlights the antitrust risks of exchanging information with competitors and sheds light on the relatively aggressive ...

Poultry companies have agreed to pay $84.8 million to compensate processing plant workers under agreements with the Justice Department that will allow a major acquisition to go forward and could spell ...

The egg producer purchased the previous Tyson Foods' broiler processing plant, hatchery and feed mill in March 2024.

The plant, which had operated since the 1970s, was shuttered by Cargill on Aug. 1, 2025, leaving over 1,000 people without a job.

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 ...

CARYVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — More than 200 new jobs are coming to Caryville as Gold Creek Foods is investing $15 million to establish manufacturing operations in Campbell County, officials announced ...

Serious injuries from working in poultry processing plants have decreased in the past 10 years, but workers are still at a high risk for musculoskeletal disorders from repetitive motions. A U.S.