Gov. Jim Pillen’s family business is one of the nation’s largest pork producers. As he seeks re-election, he has aligned himself with President Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda even though his farms have taken on undocumented laborers.
Category: Meatpacking Plants and Slaughterhouses
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As He Backs ICE Crackdown, Nebraska Governor Employs Undocumented Workers
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Trump’s Tactics to Lower Beef Prices and Appease Ranchers Fall Short
The New York Times – Business:The Agriculture Department offered new initiatives for ranchers after President Trump said he would import more beef. The moves aren’t a quick fix.
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Trump’s Tactics to Lower Beef Prices and Appease Ranchers Fall Short
The New York Times – Business:The Agriculture Department offered new initiatives for ranchers after President Trump said he would import more beef. The moves aren’t a quick fix.
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Justice Dept. Settles Case Against Provider of Meat Industry Data
The New York Times – Business:Under the agreement, Agri Stats would pay a fine and broaden whom it sold its pricing data to. The department said the move would help reduce food costs.
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Tyson Foods to Shut Major Beef Facility in Nebraska
The processing plant, in Lexington, employs more than 3,000 workers. It is expected to close in January.
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As Beef Prices Remain High, Trump Calls for Inquiry Into Meatpackers
The Justice Department has opened an investigation into possible collusion among the big meatpackers. The effort may mollify ranchers, but it’s unclear how far it will go.
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Why Beef Prices Have Hit a Record
Smaller cattle herds and a decade of headwinds for the industry are expected to push up the cost of burgers and steaks for several years.
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80,000 Pounds of Beef Stolen From a Tennessee Slaughterhouse, Sheriff Says
The sheriff’s office in Grainger County, Tenn., is investigating the theft after shipments from a meat processing facility were loaded onto trucks and never reached their destinations.
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Meatpacking Companies to Pay $8 Million for U.S. Child Labor Violations
Perdue Farms and JBS have settled with the Labor Department after relying on migrant children to do dangerous work in their slaughterhouses. Most of the money will be used to help the children.
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Children Worked Dangerous Shifts at Iowa Slaughterhouse, Inquiry Finds
Qvest Sanitation was ordered to pay nearly $172,000 after the Labor Department found it had employed 11 children to clean equipment on overnight shifts at a pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa.
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What Trump’s Re-Election Could Mean for Animals
A second Trump administration could alter the lives of all sorts of animals, whether they live in laboratories, zoos, fields or forests.