Agriculture Department Readying Waivers to Address Pork Plants’ Processing Speed October 8, 2021 By Tom Polansek The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working on a proposal for a waiver system for hog plants forced by a...
Oklahoma Pork Processor Moves to Delay Court Ruling on Slaughter Speeds May 5, 2021 By Tom Polansek U.S. pork processor Seaboard Foods wants to pursue a 10-1/2-month delay to a federal court decision that would force it...
Many Meatpackers, Other Food Workers Still Waiting for Vaccines March 3, 2021 By Tom Polansek COVID-19 vaccines are making their way into the arms of U.S. meat and agriculture workers, but companies and union officials...
Worker Injuries Rise as Oklahoma Pork Plant Speeds Up Slaughtering February 23, 2021 By Tom Polansek and P.J. Huffstutter One of America’s leading pig slaughterhouses is running faster than ever as meatpackers hustle to keep pork in grocery stores...
Texas Ranchers Scrambled to Keep Animals Alive in Extreme Cold February 22, 2021 By Tom Polansek Texas ranchers worked overtime to haul water and hay to cattle to keep them alive during a freak winter storm,...
Meat Company Suing New Mexico to Remain Open After Virus Cases November 12, 2020 By Tom Polansek A U.S. meat company that supplies Walmart and Costco is suing New Mexico to fight a state order that seeks...
EPA Denies Ban; Permits Farmers’ Use of Dicamba-Based Weed Killers for Five Years October 28, 2020 By Tom Polansek The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday it will allow farmers to spray crops with weed killers based on...
Tyson Gets OK to Use Employees, Technology for Safety Inspections at Meat Plant October 28, 2020 By Tom Polansek Tyson Foods said on Tuesday it plans in January to have company employees take on duties from more than a...
Meat Plant Workers Being Denied Workers’ Compensation for COVID-19: Reuters September 29, 2020 By Tom Hals and Tom Polansek Saul Sanchez died in April, one of six workers with fatal COVID-19 infections at meatpacker JBS USA’s slaughterhouse in Greeley,...
OSHA Cites Smithfield Foods For Lax Coronavirus Safety for Meat Plant Workers September 11, 2020 By Tom Polansek and P.J. Huffstutter The U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday it cited Smithfield Foods for failing to protect employees from the coronavirus, making...