Zacky Farms buyer cries foul over sale of turkeys
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Where did all the turkeys go? That's the question attorneys for the buyer of bankrupt Zacky Farms LLC is asking, amid claims that one of the nation's...
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Peregrine boss Wasendorf gets 50 years jail for fraud
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Reuters) - A judge on Thursday sentenced the founder of Peregrine Financial Group to 50 years in prison for looting hundreds of millions of dollars from the...
Farmers hustle to avoid “fiscal cliff” blowback
CHICAGO (Reuters) - As the United States inches closer toward the "fiscal cliff," Iowa farmer Brian Van Meetern is hurriedly selling his grain before year's end and buying a new...
ABC News wants “pink slime” lawsuit moved to federal court
(Reuters) - ABC News sought on Wednesday to move to federal court a meat processor's defamation lawsuit over reports about lean finely textured beef, a product that critics have labeled...
ABC News wants “pink slime” lawsuit moved to federal court
(Reuters) - ABC News sought on Wednesday to move to federal court a meat processor's defamation lawsuit over reports about lean finely textured beef, a product that critics have labeled...
Drought-hit hog producers face tough choice: struggle or fold
CHICAGO (Reuters) - With the worst drought in half a century driving feed prices sky high, pork producers are facing an untenable choice: drain their savings and gamble on a...
Exclusive: North Carolina firms ink deals to import 826,733 tons of corn
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hog producer Prestage Farms Inc and two other livestock companies in North Carolina have signed deals to import 750,000 metric tons (826733.48 tons) of corn from Brazil...
Exclusive: North Carolina firms ink deals to import 826,733 tons of corn
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hog producer Prestage Farms Inc and two other livestock companies in North Carolina have signed deals to import 750,000 metric tons (826733.48 tons) of corn from Brazil...
Bad news for movie fans, U.S. drought hits popcorn crop
CHICAGO (Reuters) - For more than half a century, the Shew family has harvested mountains of popcorn kernels to be buttered, salted and munched by movie fans. But as a...
Bad news for movie fans, U.S. drought hits popcorn crop
CHICAGO (Reuters) - For more than half a century, the Shew family has harvested mountains of popcorn kernels to be buttered, salted and munched by movie fans. But as a...