Meat & Poultry

Why compete when you can collaborate and come out ahead? Thats the theory three farmers are taking in northwest Wisconsin to ensure quality customer service, a successful business plan and a high quality product for eco-conscious eaters. …

Rocky Mountain Natural Meats, a Henderson, Colo. establishment, is recalling approximately 66,000 pounds of ground and tenderized steak bison products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. …

Gold’n Plump Poultry, the Midwest’s largest fully integrated chicken producer, is following up the launch of its Recipe Ready Ground Chicken in 2008 with an encore of six ground chicken line extensions, due to start shipping nationally after Labor Day this Fall. …

U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack recently rolled out a proposed set of tighter antitrust rules for the meat companies that would place on them the sharpest limits since the Great Depression. …

Hog futures rose for the second straight day on speculation that U.S. pork exports will increase as the dollar drops. Cattle fell, erasing earlier gains. …