After years of complaints, the USDA is reforming how chicken companies pay contract growers. Turkey growers have had the same complaints, but they're not part of the USDA's reforms.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office recently made six recommendations on how USDA can improve its reporting on foreign-owned land across the country.
Oklahoma has blamed the chicken industry for polluting one of the state's greatest attractions, the Illinois River. As a two-decade lawsuit is finally on the cusp of resolution, newly uncovered records show the private negotiations.
Outside investment in farmland continues to increase, but some economists and many farmers worry deep pockets are pushing prices above what the land is worth.
Burdened with relatively higher operating costs than the largest meat processors, small meatpacking plants are struggling to survive — even with $1 billion in federal grants available to them.
This month, the Biden administration finalized new rules related to the Packers and Stockyards Act, which regulates competition in the meat and poultry industries.
Robert "Rusty" Kluver and his four generations of family will host the president at his farm near Northfield, Minn., about a half hour south of the Minneapolis metro area. Biden will use the Kluver farm to announce more than $5 billion in rural spending in conservation, infrastructure, broadband and
