URBANA, Ill. — Meat processing plants in the U.S. have garnered considerable public attention in recent years, often focusing on production and labor issues. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the ...

Every year, Northwest farmers harvest some 6,500 acres of vegetables, then pulverize most of the bounty in their fields. Fields of sweet corn, watermelon, squash, melon, broccoli, pepper, tomato and ...

Recent livestock processing plant closures in the High Plains region have generated headlines, but agricultural economists note they occur because of tight margins. Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson ...

As more consumers seek locally sourced products to connect with the land, many farmers and ranchers are stepping up to meet demand. The market for direct-to-consumer beef has grown substantially ...

State-of-the-art $500 million soybean and multi-seed facility south of Mitchell set to begin operations in October, poised to process 35 million bushels annually At left, Kari Vander Wal, procurement ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/rhrmdn/prefeasibility) has announced the addition of the "Prefeasibility ...

MITCHELL, S.D. (KELO) – In South Dakota, soybeans are a big deal as one of the top crops for the state. And now, there’s a new processing plant for them and other seeds. After two years of ...

Former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday joined Gombe State Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya to inaugurate the state-of-the-art Seed Processing Factory established by Premier Seed Nigeria ...

A second contractor of hybrid sunflower seed production has pulled out of California in as many years, sending growers scrambling to find new seed-production contracts or replacement crops. Early this ...