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USDA launches Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity Technical Assistance Program.

Sen. Booker bill would prohibit formula contracts and offers meatpacker workers protections.

Ships at anchor, that means the ships are already there. so its everything after that that we have to work to unclog. its there not being spaces at the berths, its the containers being backed up. that goes through the supply chain, through the rails, through the trucks, again, all the way to the store shelf. >> reporter: kate, because all of this is contributing to the inflation that matt egan talked about, theyre working across government departments, the agriculture department trying to expand...

Supply all across the supply chain in the united states. it has become -- around the world, to be honest, its become more difficult to get high demand goods. what theyre trying to do is get the agricultural department to expand poultry processing. get the transportation department to help get some of those goods off of containerships off of trains, on to trucks trying to expand the supply of truckers. we have a trucker shortage. the fewer goods you move, the more expensive they will be. the comm...

The Philippines may soon resume chicken exports to South Korea after Seoul lifted the temporary import ban on local poultry products due to the avian influenza outbreaks last year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. In a memorandum, Maria Alilia G. Maghirang, agriculture attaché in South Korea, has informed Agriculture…

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Updated Jan. 11, 2021 7:04 pm ET The two largest U.S. chicken producers said they have reached deals with a group of poultry buyers to settle price-fixing claims. Tyson Foods Inc., the biggest U.S. meat company by sales and the nation’s top chicken supplier, and Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., the second-largest U.S. poultry processor by sales, separately said Monday they struck agreements to help resolve a four-year legal battle over alleged collusion in the $65 billion chicken indust...

As 2020 comes to a close, Governor Mike Parson highlights the state’s many successes and accomplishments despite the challenges of the past year. “Although 2020 has brought many challenges, we remained committed to serving the people of this state and moving Missouri forward,” Governor Parson said. “We still made great strides in advancing Missouri’s economy, workforce, and infrastructure, and while there is still much work to be done, we look forward to the opportunities that 2021 i...

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Missouri Governor Mike Parson highlights the state’s many successes and accomplishments despite the challenges of the past year. “Although 2020 has brought many challenges, we remained committed to serving the people of this state and moving Missouri forward,” Governor Parson said. “We still made great strides in advancing Missouri’s economy, workforce, and infrastructure, and while there is still much work to be done, we look forward to the opportunities that ...

Our economy, not just at the high end, but also doing jobs like poultry processing, picking fruits and vegetables, cleaning buildings. we need people at both ends of the skills spectrum, and there is no path for those people to come in under the presidents plan. >> the presidents been pointing at chuck schumer as one of the reasons why nothing has happened yet. there has not been an agreement. he tweeted crying chuck schumer fully understand especially after his humiliating defeat that if there ...