WATTAgNet3d
Ensuring strong supply chains in poultry processing
Supply chains both into and out of the processing plant need to be monitored with care if processors are to the supply the ...
Ammonia leak reported at troubled Pitman Farms poultry plant in Sanger
It smelled and my head hurt, my throat was burning, my tongue was numb and I felt nauseous,” one poultry worker told The Bee.
The Fresno Bee7d
Ammonia leak reported at troubled Pitman Farms poultry plant in Sanger
Pitman Farms poultry processing reported an ammonia leak Monday morning, forcing dozens of workers to evacuate the site in Sanger. Several streets near the plant were blocked off as of late Monday ...
GOP lawmakers demand USDA responses to Pure Prairie Poultry situation
Lawmakers from Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and beyond questioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture on its oversight of Pure ...
The Gazette8d
EPA data: Meatpacking plants mostly pollute low-income, communities of color
Across the Midwest, meatpacking plants -- including Agri Star in Postville -- often pollute non-white communities and ...
The Gazette12d
GOP lawmakers decry millions loaned by USDA to poultry producer that went bankrupt
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship lats week announced it had culled over a million birds as a result of ...
Secretary Vilsack discusses Pure Prairie Poultry closure, bird flu dairy testing program
The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said Thursday the U.S. Department of Agriculture and state departments of ag ...
Iowans in Congress seek investigation after 1.3 million chickens put down
Despite USDA financial backing, Pure Prairie Poultry closes plant in Charles City. Stuck with 1.3M chickens, Iowa ag department has them euthanized.
Agri-Pulse12d
Daybreak Oct. 30: Lawmakers press USDA on poultry plant investment
Nine Republican lawmakers are seeking additional insight into the USDA’s $45.6 million investment in Pure Prairie Poultry, which closed early this month, and the steps the agency has taken to help ...