Rural America lost more population in the latest census, highlighting an already severe worker shortage in the nation's farming and ranching regions and drawing calls from those industries for immigration reform to help ease the problem.
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National Pork Producers Council
Associated Press
Business News Aug. 16, 2021 4:05 pm1580d ago
Rural America lost more population in the latest census, highlighting an already severe worker shortage in the nation's farming and ranching regions and drawing calls from those industries for immigration reform to help ease the problem.
By Tim Johnson, - Daily Nonpareil
Business News Jul. 9, 2021 7:02 pm1618d ago
U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced plans Friday to launch programs to increase competition in the meat processing industry and resiliency in the food supply chain.
Associated Press
Business News May. 27, 2021 4:31 pm1661d ago
Pork industry had asked to increase the speed at which pigs can be processed into meat
Agriculture May. 25, 2021 1:14 pm1663d ago
The National Pork Producers Council urged the federal government Tuesday to let them continue an effort to speed up the processing of pigs into bacon and ham despite the United Food and Commercial Workers Union’s claim that the increased volume endangers workers.
Dan Chibnall and Thomas R. O’Donnell
Guest Columnists Feb. 28, 2021 6:00 am1749d ago
We’d probably all like to have a job from which we couldn’t be fired. We could neglect our duties and …
By Laura Reiley, Washington Post
Business News Feb. 5, 2021 6:30 am1772d ago
Three days before Christmas, Tom Vilsack, President Joe Biden’s pick for U.S. agriculture secretary, convened a videoconference with nine prominent …
By Dorothy de Souza Guedes, for The Gazette
Living Jun. 15, 2020 4:11 pm2007d ago
Rebecca Groff, 68, of Cedar Rapids trusts her gut to let her know when she has a recipe just right. …
By David Pitt, Associated Press
Business News May. 29, 2020 5:00 pm2024d ago
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Meatpacking plants that had to briefly close due to coronavirus outbreaks have been back up …
Washington Post
Business News May. 29, 2020 9:30 am2024d ago
QUASQUETON – Al Wulfekuhle was just a kid when he started raising pigs, helping his dad run the family farm …
Gazette staff and wires
Government & Politics May. 19, 2020 9:28 pm2034d ago
Farmers facing big losses after the bottom dropped out of the food market in the COVID-19 pandemic this spring can …
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