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ProPublica says the meatpacking industry had plenty of warnings from experts that a pandemic was inevitable, but that companies chose not to prepare.
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GARDEN CITY, Kansas — In mid-May, Finney County’s top public health physician sent an email to state health officials repeating worries she’d made clear a…
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Missouri and Oklahoma are both trying to help reduce the supply chain problems in the meat industry seen during the coronavirus pandemic by directing...
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Criminal indictments were announced against four executives at two of the largest poultry processing companies in the country last week. Friday, Jayson...
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Their Parents Fear For Their Jobs, So Children Of Meatpacking Workers Speak Out On COVID-19 For ThemNebraska’s largest COVID-19 hotspots are meatpacking areas with deep immigrant roots. But many workers feel they can’t speak out about ongoing concerns...
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Sonny Perdue says he expects "85-90% production in probably a very few days or weeks." He also says the government is stepping up efforts to buy food from farmers and distribute it to families.
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An alarmingly high number of COVID-19 cases are being identified at a meatpacking plant in Amarillo, as test results continue to come in.During…
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As the pandemic wreaks havoc on the meat industry, hog farmers anticipate they'll soon be forced to euthanize millions of pigs unable to be sent for processing.
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OSHA issued new safety guidelines recently, but some meatpacking workers and worker advocates, wonder whether the rules protect employees, or employers.
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Like many other parts of the High Plains region, the Oklahoma panhandle is seeing a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases – over half of which have been traced to…