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New York State opens $4.7 million in grants to expand meat processing facilities

Funding is part of the second round of the Meat Processing Expansion Grant (MPEG) Program, meant to increase processing ...

New York invests $4.7M to expand meat processing capacity & support local farmers

New York State has announced over $4.7 million in funding for the Meat Processing Expansion Grant (MPEG) Program, aimed at increasing the capacity of meat processing facilities and supporting ...
Forbes

Smithfield’s Pork Processing Plant Reopens Today In Sioux Falls. Here’s Why It’s Still Vulnerable.

Smithfield Foods’ pork processing plant is set to reopen today in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. With 250 workers planning to return to just two departments—seasoned ground pork and night cleanup— the ...
Newsweek

South Dakota Meat Processing Plant, Which Produces About 5% of US’ Pork Supply, to Go on Strike

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The union at a Smithfield Foods meat processing plant in South Dakota, ...
Forbes

How Meat Processing Workers Are Fighting For Safer Working Conditions

A recent bill authored by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Cal.) seeks to address the enormous power gap in the meat sector and make processing plants safer for workers. The bill has ...
CNN

Despite Trump executive order, meat-processing plants struggle to stay open

Days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at keeping meat-processing facilities open amid the coronavirus pandemic, plants across the country are scrambling to balance worker ...
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Oregon farmers slam USDA rollback of meat industry fairness rules

Oregon farmers are criticizing the Trump administration’s repeal of three Biden-era rules aimed at boosting competition and ...
Food

HyLife invests in Prime Pork processing business

Prime Pork and Comfrey Farms is a partially integrated pork production system engaged in the business of production, processing and sale of pork products in Windom, Minnesota. The business has both ...