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Smithfield to close California facility; Midwest taking over servicing
Argus Leader via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSmithfield Foods, Inc. announced Friday it will close its harvest and processing facility in Vernon,...
Smithfield Foods closing some Missouri hog production operations
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoSmithfield Foods Inc, the world's biggest pork processor, will close some of its operations and lay off 92 workers in northwestern Missouri this fall, according to the state's Worker Adjustment ...
Smithfield Foods to shutter California meat-packing plant
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMeat-packing giant Smithfield Foods said Friday it will close its only California plant next year, citing the escalating cost of doing business in the state. The Farmer John meat-packing plant ...
Op/Ed: Independent pork farmers case against 'Big Ag' is classic David vs. Goliath battle
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt seems like everywhere you turn these days you hear someone talking about the economy, inflation...
Slaughterhouse cleaning crews unionize at US firm fined for hiring kids
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoMore than 200 workers who clean meat plants have unionized after their employer paid U.S. fines for...
As Tyson Foods closes Perry plant, are other Iowa facilities headed to the chopping block?
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo Finance· 1 month agoColumbus Junction Mayor Mark Huston understands how devastating Tyson Foods’ decision to close its...
How rural Oklahomans and marijuana could decide attorney general's race
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMen in boots, cowboy hats and shiny belt buckles stood in a circle outside the nation’s largest...
Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland, locations raise concerns
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 months agoForeign investment in the nation's farmland has raised concern among U.S. lawmakers and governmental...
Missouri lawmakers back ban on Chinese ownership of land
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Missouri House voted Thursday to ban entities from China and four other perceived adversarial...
Iowa can choose a sustainable agricultural model, or it can choose CO2 pipelines
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff’s "The Revolutionary Samuel Adams," essayist, organizer and politician Samuel Adams is credited with leading political protests and civil disobedience opposing ...
