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Donations to hunger-relief organizations throughout the United States and abroad totaled more than $5 million during its fiscal year 2011.

An executive with more than 30 years of experience in the energy commodity industry has been named to the board of directors of Tyson Foods Inc.

The opening of the Northern Beef Packers plant has been delayed indefinitely, though construction and hiring employees is progressing, says CEO David Palmer.

Unless Canada quickly signs a free trade deal with South Korea, industry officials fear that Canada could risk losing all of its $300 million in annual pork exports to the country.

Reuters reports that meat and byproducts’ output grew 5.7 percent in October to 113,000 metric tons compared with a year earlier.

The "W" serves up two 2.25-ounce patties of sizzling, fresh, never-frozen North American beef, with double the cheese, too.

PMMI reports good news for U.S. packaging machinery shipments in 2010: a 12 percent jump from 2009.

The company posted a net loss of 67.5 million reais ($38.2 million) in the third quarter, compared to a profit of 143.4 million reais in the same period a year ago.

The USDA said that if Congress does not provide enough money for enforcing a new, sweeping antitrust rule for meat companies, it will abandon portions of the rule.

Leading restaurants are expanding their protein selection on menus by offering more pork dishes.