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Mountaire Farms said North Carolina worker complaints about a toxic chemical were “bogus.” The state DOL just fined the company for serious violations.

03.03.2022
Tina Vasquez
Do you care if your meat came from the United States? USDA wants your feedback.
02.22.2022
by Matthew Sedacca
JBS agrees to pay beef wholesalers $52.5 million in latest price-fixing settlement
02.04.2022
by Matthew Sedacca
GRAPHIC: Large family farms produced most beef, hogs, and dairy in 2020
01.27.2022
by Sky Chadde
Can $1 billion really fix a meat industry dominated by just four companies?
01.05.2022
by Jessica Fu
Independent cattle ranchers continue fight against national checkoff program
01.03.2022
by Madison McVan
GRAPHIC: Just 17 plants slaughtered 65 percent of U.S. hogs last year
12.21.2021
by Madison McVan
Betting the ranch
12.20.2021
by Lee van der Voo/High Country News
Covid-19 cases and deaths linked to meatpacking plants were far higher than previously estimated, House subcommittee finds
10.28.2021
by H. Claire Brown
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