Justice Department Fails for Third Time to Convict Chicken Executives in Price-Fixing Trial
Federal prosecutors failed for a third time to convict five chicken-company officials of allegedly conspiring to fix prices, dealing a...
Agriculture
How Food Became Putin’s New Strategic Weapon
Russia has used its increased leverage over food exports from Ukraine to divide the international community and expand influence over...
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Bayer Appeal on Roundup
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid by Bayer AG to end thousands of lawsuits alleging its...
Smithfield Foods, Citing High Costs of Operating in California, to Close Pork Plant
Smithfield Foods Inc., the largest pork processor in the U.S. by volume, is closing an 1,800-person plant in California and...
Chicken Company Foster Farms Sold to Private Equity Firm
Foster Farms, a West Coast-based chicken company with $3 billion in annual revenue, has agreed to a takeover by private-equity...
Deere’s Rising Costs Put Pressure on Equipment Profits
Deere & Co. DE -15.08% raised its profit forecast for the year, while rising costs for materials and parts continued...
Tyson Foods Profits Soar as Meat Prices Climb
Tyson Foods Inc. TSN 2.22% reported soaring profits as the company raised prices for beef, chicken and pork, citing higher...
Record Fertilizer Prices Drive Investors, Farmers to Microbes
Startups marketing alternative crop fertilizers said they are gaining traction among U.S. farmers and investors, pitching themselves as a potentially...
Carl Icahn Targets Kroger Over Pork, CEO Pay
Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn is seeking two board seats at Kroger Co., pushing the U.S. supermarket giant to make...
Ukraine War Hits Farmers as Russia Cuts Fertilizer Supplies, Hurting Brazil
SÃO PAULO—Brazil is searching for new fertilizer suppliers as the war in Ukraine threatens to cut off shipments to one...
Chicken Industry Officials Prepare for Retrial in Price-Fixing Case
Executives who worked for some of the biggest U.S. chicken producers are set to stand trial for a second time...
California’s Green-Energy Subsidies Spur a Gold Rush in Cow Manure
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. , a major distributor of natural gas made from waste, found a way to boost its...
Farmers Feel the Squeeze of Inflation
Inflation is growing on the farm. American farmers are paying significantly higher prices for their weed-killing chemicals, crop seeds, fertilizer,...
Chicken Industry Tightens Defenses as Bird Flu Hits Flocks
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday it had identified instances of deadly bird flu in U.S. flocks, putting the...
In Clampdown on U.S. Methane Emissions, Belching Cattle Get a Pass
Agriculture, just as big a source of methane, isn’t getting the same tough treatment. The Biden administration said it would...
Starbucks’s China Sales Slow With Covid-19 Bout
Starbucks Corp. said its U.S. sales were strong during its most recent quarter, though the pandemic’s resurgence in China dragged...
Brazil’s JBS Proposes to Buy Rest of Pilgrim’s Pride as Chicken Industry Booms
Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS SA said it plans to buy the portion of U.S. chicken processor Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. that...
