8+ hour, 4+ min ago  (560+ words) The Willand site in Cullompton, Devon, faced two days of disruption this week due to restrictions from South West Water. 2 Sisters Food Group, a major chicken supplier to UK retailers, faces uncertainty over its water supply after shortages affected the…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (398+ words) Oklahoma has resolved the decades-long legal battle against six companies over the alleged poultry-litter pollution of the Illinois River Watershed. Announcing the decision yesterday (13 July), Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said it “resolves the case in full”. The new settlement…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (341+ words) New chairman Justin Cook was formerly CEO of Müller’s yogurt and desserts operations in the UK and Ireland until 2023. St. Ewe Free Range Eggs has appointed former Müller executive Justin Cook as chairman of the family-owned UK business. Cook was…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (344+ words) Plukon Food Group has bought another poultry business in Spain, snapping up Avícola Moraleja. Otherwise trading as Avimosa, Avícola Moraleja builds on last year’s transaction for Grupo Avícola Hidalgo, a supplier of poultry products to retail, B2B and foodservice customers. Financial…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (471+ words) The buyer, Minnesota-based LSI, will assume supply contracts with third-party growers tied to Hormel’s whole-bird turkey business. Hormel Foods has signed an agreement to sell its whole-bird turkey business to Life-Science Innovations (LSI) as part of the company’s efforts to…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (400+ words) Belgium is the latest European country to introduce stricter measures to curb bird flu following detections on a commercial site and a hobby holding. The country’s Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) said yesterday (22 October) it…...

10+ mon, 6+ day ago  (308+ words) The workers will permanently lose their jobs when second-shift operations end on 10 October. Perdue Farms will eliminate the second shift at a turkey processing plant in Washington, Indiana, resulting in hundreds of job losses. In a filing with Indiana state,…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (384+ words) Foster Farms said it conducted the sale as part of its "focus on growing its core branded retail and foodservice channels". Foster Farms has finalised an agreement to transfer ownership of its network of facilities in Farmerville, Louisiana to poultry…...

11+ mon, 4+ day ago  (331+ words) Canadian egg producer Burnbrae Farms has started construction on a new egg grading facility in Strathroy, Ontario. The 150,000 square feet site, located in the Molnar Industrial Park, is expected to be operational by late 2026. It will house advanced grading technologies,…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (274+ words) Harrison Poultry is headquartered in Bethlehem in Georgia and employs more than 1,000 people. Wayne-Sanderson Farms has acquired fellow US poultry processor Harrison Poultry with immediate effect. Financial details were not disclosed. The deal includes all Harrison Poultry assets, Wayne-Sanderson Farms…...