Meat & Poultry

Shareholders of Tyson Foods, Inc. today elected seven people to the company’s Board of Directors, including five independent directors. The vote was announced at Tyson’s annual meeting of shareholders in Springdale, Arkansas. …

Meat exports and higher pork prices helped Tyson Foods Inc post a much larger quarterly profit that surprised Wall Street and sent the company’s shares to an eight-month high. …

In March, construction will begin on the Allegheny Highlands Agricultural Center near Monterey. The facility will include a complete USDA-inspected slaughterhouse and a small meat processing facility that should be operational by September. …

While the four winners of this year’s Retail Beef Backer Awards cover the span of the nation, there’s one thing they all have in common: their love for beef. The 2010 Retail Beef Backer Award winners; Broulim’s, Sentry Foods, Harris Teeter and HAC Inc., were honored today at the 2011 Cattle Industry Annual Convention & NCBA Trade Show. …

Blaming falling livestock supplies in the region, Superior Farms last week cut 32 jobs at its lamb slaughter and processing plant in Hawarden. …