Meat & Poultry News

  1. Verde's Growth Continues With Opening Of Processing Facility 11/5/2019

    Verde Farms, the leading U.S. provider of 100% grass-fed, 100% free-range, organic beef, announces today the opening of its own processing facility in Mullica Hill, NJ. Marking a major milestone for the company, the opening signals Verde's enhanced capability to process its premium products in-house, while also offering advanced processing services to a select number of specialty meat customers.

  2. Ranch Group Applauds Start Of Congressional Effort To Reinstate Cool For Beef 10/31/2019

    R-CALF USA applauds today’s introduction by Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) a congressional resolution calling on the rest of Congress to “reinstate County-of-Origin labeling for pork and beef to allow consumers to make an informed and free choice about where their food comes from.”

  3. Increased Demand For Dark Chicken Meat Creating New Opportunities 10/30/2019

    Evolving U.S. demographics are shifting consumer preferences from white meat chicken to dark meat, presenting the chicken industry with an opportunity to diversify its profit centers.

  4. Federated Co-Operatives Limited Adopts New Egg Quality Assurance™ Certification Mark 10/29/2019

    Egg Farmers of Canada is partnering with Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) to launch the Egg Quality Assurance™ (EQA™) certification mark on select egg cartons in CO-OP® Food Stores in Western Canada this month.

  5. Greenhead Lobster Partners With Hiperbaric To Expand Lobster Processing Business 10/29/2019

    Greenhead Lobster, a lobster processing company in Stonington, Maine, has added a Hiperbaric high pressure processing (HPP) machine to expand its lobster processing operations.

  6. Marel Agrees To Acquire Cedar Creek Company 10/23/2019

    Marel is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire Cedar Creek Company, an Australian provider of specialized software and hardware solutions to meat, seafood and poultry processors. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2019.

  7. Agrotop To Showcase Advanced Solutions For Extreme Heat And Humidity At Poultry India 2019 10/16/2019

    Agrotop, a leading global player in poultry and livestock turnkey projects, will present poultry solutions that have been specifically designed to resist extreme heat and adapt to varying humidity conditions at Poultry India 2019, which will take place November 27–29 at Hitex, Hyderabad, India.

  8. CLAA 2019 In Peru: From Traditional To Professional Processing 10/15/2019

    The 26th Congreso Latinoamericano de Avicultura (CLAA), recently held in Lima, Peru, underlined the trends in the region. Poultry processing is getting more professional, with plenty of automation opportunities. There are plenty of opportunities for starting or expanding processors to team up with Marel Poultry.

  9. Research Provides Insight On How To Improve Indoor Air Quality In Poultry Housing With Black UV Light 10/14/2019

    USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, in which researchers provided insight on how to improve indoor air quality in poultry housing with black UV light.

  10. Hitachi Consulting Shares Business Outcomes Of Large-Scale Digital Transformation Projects At Hitachi NEXT 10/9/2019

    Only 10 percent of companies with a formal digital strategy put that strategy into action, but Hitachi Consulting Corporation, a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), has overcome the barriers to help clients around the world transform their business models, customer experiences and time-to-market capabilities.