Carl Abbott worked mainly in procurement, specialty meats.

The act places responsibility for humane disaster plans on corporations and industrial operators.

The United States and Japan updated the agreement in June.

The state’s Department of Agriculture will help with 10-year fixed-rate loans for projects in meat operations.

Better, but not perfect, choices exist in plant protein and packaging.

Annual survey shows typical holiday meal will be 20% higher.

The agency is moving to a cloth sampling method.

A limited number of participants will participate in the yearlong course for small meat processors.

Goodies Meat Production is a producer of private-label meats for retail sale.

Elias Reyna is joining the company for a second time.