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One of the top chicken producers has become the first sentenced to pay a criminal fine as part of an ongoing antitrust probe by the Justice Department

iPolitics (Pexels photo) Good day and welcome to the Sprout, where it’s National Tortilla Chip Day. Looking for some culinary inspiration? Taste of Home has pulled together 28 recipes to make with a bag of tortilla chips. Really struggling with pandemic boredom? You can also try making tortilla chips from scratch. Here’s today’s agriculture news. The Lead  A national farmer-led coalition called Farmers for Climate Solutions  is calling on the federal government to invest $300 million into the agriculture sector to help it reduce its emissions by 10 million tonnes. “Other Cana...

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., a major broiler chicken producer based in Greeley, Colo., has pleaded guilty to price fixing and bid rigging, and has been sentenced to pay approximately $107 million in criminal fines for its…

2 Min Read (Reuters) - Pilgrim’s Pride Corp, one of the largest U.S. poultry producers, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay a $107.9 million fine on Tuesday to settle federal charges it conspired to fix chicken prices and passed on the costs to consumers and other purchasers. FILE PHOTO: Chicken is pictured in New York March 11, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Chief Executive Fabio Sandri entered the guilty plea on the company’s behalf at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Raymond Moore in Denver. A plea agreement had been reached in October. The plea followed the indictments last year ...

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Pilgrim's Pride Corp, one of the largest U.S. poultry producers, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay a $107.9 mill...