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Tag: Poultry

Posted inOpinion

Opinion: Big Chicken in the legal deep fryer yet again?

by Dave Dickey, Investigate Midwest May 2, 2022January 20, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

You might say price fixing is part of Big Chicken’s DNA. And perhaps the number one poster child for price collusion has been the second largest U.S. chicken company by sales volume: Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation. 

Posted inAgribusiness, Coronavirus, Graphic of the Week

GRAPHIC: Poultry plants were already dangerous. Then came COVID-19.

by Sky Chadde, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting December 16, 2020January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness

Amid price-fixing indictment for poultry processors, growers say they continue to struggle

by Madeline Perry and Sky Chadde, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting July 10, 2020July 13, 2020 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness

Four restaurant chains sue Tyson and Pilgrim’s Pride, saying companies fixed chicken prices

by Heather Schlitz, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting July 10, 2020July 24, 2020 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted in#agalerts

#AgAlerts: Covid-19, slaughterhouses, dairy crisis, CARES

by Cynthia Voelkl/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted in#agalerts

#AgAlerts: Property rights; food waste; livestock farm limitations; China

by Cynthia Voelkl/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

Chicken farming hobby highlights changing industry

by Claire Hettinger/The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness

Poultry growers, caught between strict rules and financial risk, lean heavily on government-backed loans

by Christopher Walljasper/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting December 11, 2018January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness

Insult to injury: How the poultry processing industry treats hurt workers

by Huiqi Xu, Maureen Strode and Andrew Withers/For the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting June 28, 2018January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness

Large animal feeding operations on the rise

by Christopher Walljasper June 7, 2018January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

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