EBay to Pay $3 Million Penalty for Employees Sending Live Cockroaches, Fetal Pig to Bloggers
Updated Jan. 11, 2024 4:55 pm ETEBay agreed to pay a $3 million criminal penalty after employees engaged in a...
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‘The Market Is Dead’: Ukraine’s Farmers Count the Cost of Grain Deal’s Collapse
Russia’s exit from the Black Sea export agreement and its attacks on Ukrainian ports have led to lower income and...
Farmers Work to Cool Livestock and Chickens as Heat Gets Extreme
The health of animals and farmers’ incomes are under threat as temperatures soar in the U.S. Source link
The Supermarket Aisle Where Prices Are Still Soaring
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Farmers Worry $8.2 Billion Agriculture Deal Will Diminish Competition
Consumer advocates are saying that Bunge’s $8.2 billion agreement to buy Viterra could drive up prices, while Bunge says the...
U.S. Makes New Push in Trade Fight With Mexico Over GMO Corn
The U.S. stepped up its efforts to get Mexico to ease its restrictions on genetically modified corn, after more than...
Egg Prices Have Soared 60% in a Year. Here Is Why They Are So Expensive.
The avian flu outbreak keeps the egg supply tight as inflation rises. Source link
Soaring Egg Prices Lead Nation’s Largest Producer to Record Sales
BusinessCal-Maine reports rising prices and healthy demand despite bird flu Source link
Bayer Hits Courtroom Winning Streak as It Battles Remaining Roundup Lawsuits
Bayer AG BAYRY 3.28% is on a winning streak as it battles the remaining cases targeting its Roundup weedkiller, a...
Heat in Europe Is Driving Up Olive Oil Prices
Soaring temperatures in Spain this summer are expected to hit the country’s olive oil production, pushing up prices and threatening...
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...
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...
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...
