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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – A federal judge in Minnesota has ruled that a handful of cow-calf producers don’t have standing to sue the country’s largest packers over a drop in fed […]
CHICAGO, IL – The four largest meatpackers were hit by a new price-fixing lawsuit from a group of small food distributors. The suit was filed on October 9 in the […]
SMITHFIELD, VA – Smithfield Foods Inc has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit by consumers who accused the meat producer and several competitors of conspiring to inflate […]
HOUSTON, TX – A major food distributor has accused the “Big Four” beef packers of fixing prices and manipulating markets to the detriment of ranchers and consumers. Sysco, a Texas-based […]
CHICAGO, ILL – Tyson Foods, Inc, Cargill Inc. and other major meat producers are using the colossal share of the market to limit beef supplies sold to U.S. wholesalers in […]
WASHINGTON — The record profits for meatpackers in the past two years were the result of market conditions during the coronavirus pandemic, along with increased consumer demand, according to leaders […]
HURON, SD – After hearing the news that a federal judge in Minnesota ordered a class-action lawsuit against JBS, Tyson, National Beef, and Cargill to proceed, South Dakota Farmers Union […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Biden administration plans to take a tougher stance toward meatpacking companies it says are causing sticker shock at grocery stores. Four companies control much of the […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The world’s largest meat packer considered the makeup of the U.S. meat industry sitting around the table at a recent closed-door and decided they didn’t want to […]
BOISE, ID – A group of farmers has filed an antitrust case against several big agricultural companies, contending the companies worked together to ban e-commerce sales in order to keep […]
George Leach, age 85 of Belle Fourche, died Monday, September 2, 2024 at the Monument Health Rapid City […]