The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 8.3 percent in April compared to last year, the highest level since 1981.

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Wayne Farms on Thursday announced a $500,000 donation toward a $7 million research feed mill for Mississippi State University’s Department of Poultry Science, Case Farms contributed $20,000 to the Children’s Hope Alliance, and Perdue Farms announced a $8,510 grant to the Fall Creek Community Volunteer Fire Department in East Bend, North Carolina, according to Meatingplace.

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McDonald’s recently announced that Tyson Foods won the company’s Global Supplier of the Year award.

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The House and Senate have begun conference committee negotiations on a bill designed to boost U.S. economic competitiveness with China.

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Darling Ingredients completed its acquisition of Valley Proteins, which was first announced in December 2021.

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NCC this week joined the Coalition to Promote U.S. Agricultural Exports in letters to leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees requesting full funding for the Market Access Program (MAP) and Foreign Market Development (FMD) program, which are cost-sharing programs to promote the exports of agricultural commodities.

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Wayne Farms this week announced a major upgrade and capacity expansion to its Decatur, Alabama prepared foods facility.

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Tyson Foods this week announced plans to invest $208 million to rebuild a rendering plant in Hanceville, Alabama after the previous facility was lost in a fire in 2021.

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