The Surface Transportation Board extended its earlier emergency service order, in which the Union Pacific Railway Company must carry out specific service commitments to Foster Farms.

Cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza were confirmed in commercial poultry in La Jacques-Cartier, Quebec, on June 28 and July 3.

A Sanderson Farms employee in Flowood, Mississippi, was arrested on July 2 following an altercation that left another employee with life-threatening injuries.

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was confirmed in Quebec on June 28, making Canada's the first HPAI case in a commercial poultry flock in 20 days.

All commercial poultry operations in Indiana where highly pathogenic avian influenza was earlier confirmed have been cleared to repopulate, but the state remains on alert for the virus.

Avian influenza's toll on Canada has amounted to more than 2 million head of poultry, but the size of one affected flock has not yet been released.

Sanderson Farms stated that it still expects a merger with Wayne Farms to happen, expressing that expectation in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Rep. Mayra Flores, who was sworn in as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives on June 21, is the newest member of the House Agriculture Committee.

Former Tyson Foods CEO Dean Banks joined the advisory board for plant-based food ingredient company Shiru.

Veterinary authorities in Ontario, Canada, say the province's recovery from the avian influenza outbreak is "well underway."

Sanderson Farms and Amick Farms both received 10-year ad valorem tax exemptions for operations in Laurel, Mississippi, following a recent vote from the Jones County Board of Supervisors.