The U.S. chicken industry is on a decades-long winning streak. Steady growth in consumer demand coupled with efficiency gains in broiler production have powered the sector's remarkable growth over the ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced March 25 additional resources to help increase and expand meat and poultry processing capacity, including the Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity ...

In its recent third quarter sales and financial report, Tyson Foods announced it was closing four chicken processing plants including two in Missouri and one in Arkansas. “While current market ...

Commercial chicken farmers literally bet the farm, spending millions of dollars on land and enormous chicken houses to raise birds they never own — putting their livelihoods in the hands of a single ...

The plant, which had operated since the 1970s, was shuttered by Cargill on Aug. 1, 2025, leaving over 1,000 people without a job.

Americans may unknowingly be consuming a harmful chemical in one of their grocery store staples. As part of the process of getting chicken from farm to grocery store, manufacturers chill the meat in ...