Perdue Farms News

Tyson, Perdue to Pay $35M to Settle Chicken Farmers’ Price Fixing Suit

Two of the industry’s biggest poultry companies have agreed to pay nearly $35 million to settle a lawsuit that accused them and several other firms of conspiring to dominate the industry and fix the prices paid to farmers who raise …

Contract Worker at Georgia Perdue Farms Plant Fatally Electrocuted

A contract worker at a chicken processing plant in Georgia died after he was electrocuted while cleaning at the Perdue Farms facility, officials said. The Macon Telegraph reported that 23-year-old Antonio Ramirez was found electrocuted Sunday morning at the central …

Family Settles Suit Against Perdue, Trucking Firm Over Virginia Crash

A family has settled a lawsuit against Perdue Farms and a trucking company over the death of an off-duty sheriff’s deputy whose tractor was struck by a semi-truck carrying chicken. The Virginian-Pilot reported Tuesday that the suit is being settled …