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

To protect bird welfare and company investment, follow these guidelines when harvesting broilers for transport to the ...

CalMaine Foods, Inc. CALM announced a definitive agreement to acquire a broiler processing plant, hatchery and feed mill in Dexter, MO, from Tyson Foods, Inc. TSN. This move is in sync with CALM's ...

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 ...

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 making $200 million available to create a new meat processing capacity expansion program, providing $25 million for workforce training under the Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program ...

In a typical poultry processing facility, much of the waste is simply dumped in a landfill or incinerated. Two experimental new processes, however, make use of the feathers, blood and bones – plus one ...

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

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 ...

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 ...