A House agriculture subcommittee held the first of two key hearings on farm bill commodity programs on May 16 -- a hearing that began to clarify the differences that are likely to emerge between...

As if the controversy surrounding lean beef trim hasn't been enough, some in conventional and social media are now revisiting the issue of enzymes that are used to bind together meat...

An 11th-hour petition by California chefs to stall implementation of a 2004 state assembly law that bans force-feeding of ducks and geese in the state and serving foie gras in the state...

HumaneWatch.org, a project of the Center for Consumer Freedom, has released the findings of a survey of 1,000 donors to The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) that found that 90% of the...

Tyson Foods Inc. has said its subsidiary that buys hogs and sells them to other processors has stopped buying cull sows from Wyoming Standard Farms, which was the subject of an undercover video...

Five years after the board of directors of the American Veal Assn. (AVA) voted unanimously to adopt a resolution calling for all U.S. veal farms to transition to group pens, a recent survey...

Beef Products Inc. reported Monday that it has laid off 86 corporate-level workers from its headquarters in South Sioux City, Neb., after earlier closing three of its four plants and laying off...

Denny’s announced today that it will work with its suppliers to eliminate the practice of confining pigs in gestation crates for its bacon, sausage and other pork...