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Top 10 WATTPoultry.com articles of July 2021

Follow links to the most popular articles on WATTPoultry.com that were published during the previous month

August 2, 2021

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See what 10 WATTPoultry.com articles and blogs were read the most during July 2021.

July 2021 poultry, feed industry mergers and acquisitions

Learn the latest news on mergers and acquisitions in the poultry and animal feed industries

August 2, 2021

Ann Reus

Find out about merger and acquisition activity in the poultry and animal feed industries in July 2021

Foodservice seeing faster-than-expected COVID-19 recovery

Retail food sales remain strong, according to Rabobank

September 11, 2020

Ann Reus

Retail food sales remain strong while the foodservice industry is seeing a faster-than-expected recovery, according to Rabobank’s August 2020 North American Agribusiness Review.

Letter to Trump: Ensure safety of meat plant workers

State attorneys general say the president must do more to protect workers in meat and poultry processing plants

May 13, 2020

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Democratic attorneys general from 19 states and the District of Columbia have urged President Donald Trump to do more to ensure the safety of meat and poultry processing plant workers.

Cargill to idle protein processing plant in Quebec

64 employees have tested positive for COVID-19

May 11, 2020

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A Cargill protein plant in Chambly, Quebec, Canada, will temporarily close after 64 of its employees tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

USDA outlines expectations for meat processors

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue sends letters to governors, industry stakeholders regarding Trump executive order that keeps processing plants open

May 6, 2020

Ann Reus

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue sent letters on May 5 to state governors and meat industry stakeholders to “establish expectations for the implementation” of President Donald Trump’s executive order directing meat processing facilities to stay open during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Seaboard Triumph Foods worker dies from COVID-19

2 other company facilities also experience outbreaks

May 5, 2020

Ann Reus

An employee of Seaboard Triumph Foods in Sioux City, Iowa, has died from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and there have been at least 11 positive tests from other workers at the facility, according to reports.

Hormel to furlough 150 employees at Illinois plant

Company cites dramatic decline in foodservice demand, aims to bring workers back as business recovers

April 29, 2020

Ann Reus

Hormel Foods Corp. said it would furlough 150 of its 500 employees at Fontanini Foods in McCook, Illinois, effective May 4.

Smithfield Foods employee dies from COVID-19

County health department ordered temporary shutdown of plant on April 25

April 28, 2020

Ann Reus

A worker at an Illinois Smithfield Foods plant died after contracting COVID-19, according to the worker’s family.

Homeland Security recognizes food, ag sectors as ‘essential’

Guidance document says food and agriculture workers should maintain normal work schedule

March 22, 2020

Ann Reus

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued guidance that includes the food and agriculture industries in its “essential critical infrastructure workforce” that should continue operations during the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.