Tyson Foods Incorporated

By P.J. Huffstutter and Lisa Baertlein CHICAGO/LOS ANGELES, May 29 (Reuters) - When Smithfield Foods Inc. quietly weaned the first of its pigs off the controversial feed additive ractopamine last year, it may have helped open the door for a Chinese...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 declined for a third day on Friday, with the three major stock indexes posting their first negative week since mid-April on lingering concern that the central bank may scale back its stimulus measures to support the...

WASHINGTON, D.C.  -- Tyson Foods recalled approximately 127,000 pounds of uncooked breaded chicken tenderloins and uncooked chicken tenderloin fritter products because of an undeclared allergen and misbranding.  The product contains soy, a known...

CHICAGO - U.S. soybean supplies before the next harvest will be 7.4 percent smaller than forecast a month ago and the smallest since 2004 on rising demand for last year's drought-reduced crop, the government said. Stockpiles on Aug. 31 will fall to...

When a young Ukrainian billionaire acquired the North Carolina operations of chicken processor Townsends out of bankruptcy in early 2011, the deal seemed to symbolize the increasing globalization of our food supply. Oleg Bakhmatyuk, the majority owner...

Would you eat mystery meat grown in a lab if doing so was better for the environment? The debate may seem abstract, but scientists could turn a test-tube burger into reality by October. The $330,000 project being conducted by Mark Post, chairman of...

Cattle producers who have waited six years for Northern Beef Packers' plant near Aberdeen processing plant to open are excited that the plant is in limited production.  "This is huge," said Herman Schumacher, part-owner of LDL Cattle Company near...

Frank Costanza was right after all. "Seinfeld" fans will recall the 1996 episode when the crusty Costanza, played by Jerry Stiller, pointed to the bird on his plate and asked, "What is this thing anyway?" Told it's a "Cornish game hen" by his son's snooty...

Tyson Foods is branching further beyond the beef, pork and chicken for which it’s known, voyaging deeper into the prepared foods world by snapping up a Mexican food factory in San Diego. The Springdale, Ark., giant bought Circle Foods, which...

Arkansas is a state for which Mississippi is grateful, for as long as it exists unchanged, Mississippi has a cushion between itself and last place in most national indicators of social and economic well-being. This is true despite the fact that it can be...

INDIANAPOLIS - Members of the Hitchcock-Tulare FFA Chapter in South Dakota were one of 42 teams participating in the National FFA Meats Evaluation and Technology Career Development Event (CDE). The event was held in conjunction with the 85th National...

More than 9,500 FFA members, advisers and guests took part in the FFA Rally to Fight Hunger, which was Oct. 24 to 26, in Indianapolis.  One million meals were packaged in 20 hours, with half of the meals staying in the Indianapolis area and half going...