Wisconsin River Meats was just weeks from moving into a new addition to their building when a massive construction fire broke out on Feb. 3 destroying the old part of the facility. Company owner David Mauer said the Mauston-based company “lost everything” related to production in the fire, and more than 20 people lost their…

On Thursday, April 21, a small plane crashed at a General Mills food processing complex in Covington, Georgia. The plane collided into four trailers in an isolated area several hundred yards from the main plant shortly after taking off from the nearby Covington Airport, killing the pilot and passenger but leaving the General Mills employees…

Tyson Foods Inc. announced on Dec. 6 that it will pay $50 million in year-end bonuses to frontline and hourly meatpacking employees starting this month to attract and retain employees after the pandemic. A total of 86,000 Tyson employees in the United States will be eligible for the one-time bonuses that range from $300 to $700…

The Biden Administration is pointing to corporate consolidation as the reason for the rising costs Americans are paying for food, but Tyson Foods, the nation’s largest meat processing company, says it rejects this assessment. A report released by the White House on Wednesday said that about half of the added expenses that consumers have paid…