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Hormel Foods sells whole turkey business
1+ day, 4+ hour 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…...
Bird flu: Belgium latest to order farming restrictions
3+ 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…...
US poultry major Perdue Farms to cut jobs
5+ mon, 1+ week 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,…...
Foster Farms sells assets to US poultry peer Case Farms
5+ 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…...
Burnbrae Farms to build egg grading facility in Ontario
6+ mon, 6+ 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,…...
Wayne-Sanderson Farms acquires Harrison Poultry
6+ 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…...
EU outlines new deal on food trade with Ukraine
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (310+ words) In June 2022, the EU temporarily suspended duties and quotas on Ukrainian farm products after Russia's invasion, which disrupted Ukraine's regular shipping routes from the Black Sea." The EU and Ukraine have reached an agreement in principle on a new trade…...
2 Sisters Food Group sells joint venture to Boparan Private Office
8+ mon, 2+ day ago (336+ words) All shares in the joint poultry farming venture Hook2Sisters have now been sold. 2 Sisters Food Group and PD Hook have sold their joint venture, Hook2Sisters, to the Boparan Private Office (BPO). Hook2Sisters, which was founded in 2006 with a 50% ownership split between 2 Sisters Food…...
Rising feed costs and falling poultry prices hit Astral Foods' first-half earnings
9+ mon, 1+ day ago (436+ words) Astral Foods has posted a decline in first-half profits as lower poultry prices and higher feed costs weighed on earnings. Despite reporting growth in revenue and volumes, the South African group said ... The group's operating profit fell by 50.7% to R271m, primarily…...
Sofina Foods to buy poultry cooperative Exceldor
9+ mon, 3+ day ago (808+ words) Canadian protein product producer Sofina Foods has signed a deal to acquire Quebec-based poultry cooperative Exceldor." Exceldor said the deal will "strengthen" its nationwide footprint, and "accelerate the growth" of brands including Butterball, Lacroix and Granny's. Major meat-and-seafood supplier Sofina…...