More Than 800 Greeley Meat Packing Plant Workers Call Off as Coronavirus is Confirmed Among Employees

Several hundred workers at the JBS USA meat processing plant in Greeley called off work Monday as a handful of cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed among employees.

Giving Tuesday Launches Fourth Annual Hams Across America Initiative

December 5, 2019 National Pork Board

When it comes to giving back to their communities, pig farmers across the U.S. like to adopt the “go big or go home attitude”, and this Giving Tuesday is no different. Today, U.S. pig farmers, the National Pork Board, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), Smithfield Foods, Inc., Prairie Fresh Pork, JBS USA Pork and state pork associations kicked off the fourth annual Hams Across America campaign.

JBS USA Intends to Purchase Pipestone Facility From J&B Group

December 3, 2019 JBS USA

JBS USA today announced an agreement with J&B Group, Inc., to lease J&B’s value-added meat processing facility in Pipestone, Minn., with the intent to acquire this facility in the upcoming months for an undisclosed amount. The facility was destined for imminent closure.

JBS USA to Produce Pork Without Growth Drug Banned by China, Seeking More Exports

October 8, 2019 Tom Polansek, Reuters

JBS USA will remove a growth drug banned by Beijing from its U.S. hog supply, the company said on Friday, accelerating the competition for pork exports as China grapples with a devastating pig disease.

JBS USA Appoints Dean Hollis to Independent Advisory Board

July 29, 2019 JBS USA

Hollis will join the Honorable John Boehner, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Dimitri Panayotopoulos, former Vice Chairman at Procter & Gamble, and Harvey Pitt, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in supporting the company’s executive leadership on matters related to corporate governance, government and regulatory affairs, commodity risk management and marketing.