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State Fair brand corn dogs launch golden stick promotion.

Westin Foods announced that effective April 1, it has expanded its Health and Wellness division by acquiring a majority interest in Dominex LC, of St. Augustine, Fla.

Members will serve as advisers to the Tyson FarmCheck program, a comprehensive initiative designed to ensure responsible care and overall well-being of farm animals.

The new board members will begin their terms at the end of the AMSA 2013 66th Reciprocal Meat Conference (RMC) in Auburn, Alabama this June.

A Korean beef processing company is looking to expand to the U.S. and is considering building a facility in Scottsbluff, Neb.

The report highlights the company's sustainability and community outreach efforts to date with a particular focus on 2012.

McDonald’s announced that it is adding three new Quarter Pounders to its burger menu, replacing its 1/3-pound Angus burgers.

Two Smithfield plants, which handle 43,000 hogs a day or about 10 percent of the U.S. industry, already are ractopamine-free.

A study from the University of Delaware reports that federal environmental programs have drastically overestimated the poultry industry’s contributions to water pollution.

Minneapolis, Minn.-based Bellisio Foods is acquiring Overhill Farms for approximately $81 million in an effort to expand the company’s reach in the frozen entrée business.