The state agency said that Tony Downs Food Company employed at least eight minors between the ages of 14 and 17 who were operating meat-processing equipment, violating state labor laws.

Kowalski’s Markets is now offering Fyffes Fair Trade Certified Bananas in its 11 grocery stores.

After cases subsided during much of the summer, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreaks continue to be reported throughout the country.

On Aug. 8, a bipartisan coalition of 10 attorneys general led by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison publicly commented in support of the proposed rule: Transparency in Poultry Grower Contracting Tournaments.

The Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) announced the findings of a recent report on the state of Minnesota’s small meat processors.

A joint venture between Continental Grain Co., New York, and Cargill, Minneapolis, has finalized its acquisition of poultry processor Sanderson Farms, Inc. for $4.5 billion.

The Iowa Poultry Association (IPA) and the Chicken Egg Association of Minnesota (CEAM) announced that the two organizations would merge starting July 1. 

Hormel Foods Corp., Target Corp., MBOLD and The Nature Conservancy joined forces in an agriculture pilot project to improve water and air quality, sequester greenhouse gases and increase farmland profitability through soil health.