Apr. 10—SAYBROOK — Saybrook Township Hall was packed for a meeting Monday night to discuss a variance for a chicken-processing plant. Jim and Beth Buck shared their plans with the Saybrook Zoning ...

Almost 10 years ago, the Department of Agriculture gave Chinese processing plants the greenlight to process raw poultry from the U.S. and export cooked products — such as canned chicken noodle soup ...

Each year, one in six Americans gets sick from eating contaminated food. There's a little-known rule that could change the chicken you eat without you even knowing it. It's a move that has some ...

In virtually all markets, it is a legal requirement to chill carcasses immediately after evisceration to prevent the growth of harmful pathogens. The temperature to which products must be cooled ...

Robotics, virtual reality and artificial intelligence could be game changers for poultry processors following promising results in research to integrate those technologies, according to Jeyam Subbiah, ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday proposed sweeping changes in the way chicken and turkey meat is processed that are intended to reduce illnesses from food contamination but could require ...

Associated Press WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — The union representing workers at chicken processing plants in six states sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday, saying its policy of allowing ...

The plant, which had operated since the 1970s, was shuttered by Cargill on Aug. 1, 2025, leaving over 1,000 people without a ...

UTICA — Processing poultry has been a way of life for Joann Burt. She’s helped pluck, process and prepare birds for the dinner table since she was a child. So when she and her husband, Merlin, decided ...

TOWNSEND — Shepherd’s Farm is no stranger to poultry processing but as some prospects have dried up, the farm has decided it needs to expand in order to stay competitive. On Oct. 29, Shepherd’s Farm ...

A shuttered northeast Iowa chicken processing plant will get new life, creating about 400 jobs, thanks in part to nearly $46 million in federal assistance designed to create competition in the ...

Cooking chicken with the skin on sounds like one of those things you don't really need to overthink. After all, how different could it be from cooking skinless chicken? The reality is that it actually ...