Brazil Class-Action Lawsuit Seeks $2.5B in Damages From Alleged Orange Juice Cartel April 10, 2023 By Ricardo Brito Giants of the orange juice trade in Brazil have become defendants in a class-action lawsuit seeking $2.5 billion in damages...
U.S. Sues Chicken Producers, Alleging They Conspired to Keep Wages Down July 26, 2022 By Michael Hirtzer and Leah Nylen US poultry producers Cargill Inc., Sanderson Farms Inc. and Wayne Farms LLC agreed to pay $84.8 million restitution for conspiring...
Cargill Closing Louisiana Salt Mine Where 2 Died in Roof Collapse February 1, 2021 Cargill is permanently halting operations at a Louisiana salt mine where a roof collapse in mid-December killed two workers, the...
Meat Packing Plant Owners Defend Operations During Pandemic July 27, 2020 By Michael Hirtzer and Isis Almeida As part of an investigation into the spread of coronavirus at U.S. meat plants, Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory...
5,000 Meat, Food Plant Workers Exposed to Coronavirus, Union Says April 24, 2020 By Tom Polansek More than 5,000 U.S. meat and food-processing workers have been infected with or exposed to the new coronavirus, and 13...
Despite Virus Outbreak, Midwest States Work to Keep Meat Plants Open April 22, 2020 By Ryan J. Foley Governors in the Midwest are working to keep large meatpacking plants operating despite coronavirus outbreaks that have sickened hundreds of...
$1.5B Settlement in Syngenta Modified Corn Seed Lawsuit March 14, 2018 By Margaret Stafford A $1.5 billion settlement was reached in a class-action lawsuit covering tens of thousands of farmers, grain-handling facilities and ethanol...
Cargill Accountant in New York Sentenced to Five Years for $3.1M Theft November 30, 2017 An accountant who admitted to stealing $3.1 million from agribusiness giant Cargill, Inc. has been sentenced to five years in...
Sweetener Maker Settles Suit in Hawaii for $6.1M December 8, 2014 The maker of Truvia Natural Sweetener will pay $6.1 million to settle a class-action lawsuit initiated by a Hawaii woman....
Mississippi Rock Blasting Puts River in Ship Shape January 14, 2013 By Jim Suhr Crews have completed the most critical phase of removing bedrock that threatened barges along a crucial stretch of the drought-starved...