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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, December 03, 2024
USDA is spending $110 million to expand meat processing through more than 50 grants for projects in 30 states, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Thursday.
Members of the House Agriculture Committee heard from a meat processing industry representative and a labor law expert Wednesday in a closed meeting on the use of child labor in meatpacking plants.
Senate Ag Committee veteran Chuck Grassley sees a glimmer of hope for a farm bill in comments Georgia Democrat Raphael Warnock made to Agri-Pulse about reference prices.
A cleaning company that has employed underage children to clean meat processing facilities around the country has agreed to pay $649,304 in fines, according to an agreement approved by a federal court in Iowa May 6.
Members of a network of California poultry processors and distributors have agreed to pay $4.8 million in back wages and damages and give up $1 million in profits after a Labor Department investigation found child labor and wage violations.
The Biden administration’s plans to invest more than $1 billion in the meat sector rolled out on Monday can be expected to invest in several different types of facilities and include provisions to keep subsidized facilities from falling into the hands of major meatpackers.
