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City Leaders in Florida Approve Incentives for New Plant
A development in Jacksonville, Florida, with the code name, “Project Pan,” received an overwhelming vote of support by council leaders...
Dave Price
8 hours ago2 min read


Plants’ Potential: Two Meat Processing Facilities Could Offer Producers New Opportunities
American Farmland Owner tracks announcements for meat processing operations that could bring new or expanded facilities in key places...
Dave Price
Aug 223 min read


Producers Question What Happens After Foreign Workers Removed from Meat Processing Plant
Announcements about multi-million-dollar investments from companies that could provide new processing or packaging potential for area...
Dave Price
Aug 13 min read


JBS Plant Could Lose 200 Workers
The mayor of Ottumwa, Iowa, broke the news to many people in town that 200 employees at the town’s pork processing and distribution...
Dave Price
Jul 251 min read


Steve Eisman: Not Concerned about the Federal Debt
The collective federal debt of the United States surpassed $36.2 trillion. President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” will add...
Dave Price
Jul 251 min read


Rick Naerebout: Dairy Association Leader’s Solution to Immigration Workforce Challenges
Listen and subscribe on Spotify or Apple Podcasts . This year has brought six months of uncertainty and chaos for farm producers and...
Dave Price
Jul 253 min read


Secretary Rollins: No Amnesty for Farm Workers as Deportation Raids Continue
Farm and ranch owners are watching raids continue, listening to what the president is saying, and following what the country’s secretary...
Dave Price
Jul 113 min read


California Farms Missing Workers After Immigration Enforcement: GOP Lawmakers Ask Trump Administration for Help
Raids and apprehensions by federal officials directed by the Trump administration are testing the daily functions of some agricultural...
Dave Price
Jul 33 min read


These Incentives Will Help Pork Production Plant
JBS, a global company with operations in 15 countries, announced earlier this year it plans to bring a new facility and new jobs to the...
Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf
Jul 33 min read


Federal Raids Resume on Farms in the Search for Undocumented Workers
Agriculture producers had warned the Trump administration for months, along with members of Congress, that deportation raids by...
Dave Price
Jun 202 min read


Pork Leader Pat McGonegle: Pork Sausage Plant is a Win for Producers
JBS USA, a Colorado-based food company, announced last week that it plans to build a $135 million dollar pork sausage production plant in...
Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf
Jun 63 min read


New Survey: Farmers Feel Better About the Future, But Manufacturing Suffering
Farmer optimism reached the highest level in four years as they assess current conditions, future trade prospects, and their own bottom...
Dave Price
Jun 62 min read


New Pork Sausage Plant Underway for Iowa Town That Lost Pork Processing Facility
One of the world’s largest food companies is working on a new priority for an Iowa town. JBS USA -- based in Greeley, Colorado – plans to...
Dave Price
May 302 min read


Business Leaders Try to Influence Immigration Policy
One group to watch amid the numerous changes that a new year and new presidential administration have brought – and uncertainties about...
Dave Price
Apr 251 min read


The Vital Role of Immigration in Supporting U.S. Agriculture: Joe Murphy
Strong agricultural communities – which are primarily smaller, rural towns – rely on the need for certain foundational strengths: access...
Dave Price
Apr 43 min read


Farmland, Politics, and Immigration
Agricultural producers are watching what is happening in California as U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents rounded up suspected...
Dave Price
Jan 103 min read


New Mass Deportation Details
Meat processing plants, packing plants, fruit and vegetable farms, dairies, and various other agricultural-related industries continue to...
Dave Price
Dec 13, 20243 min read


Politics, Preparation, and Possibilities of Mass Deportation
President-elect Donald Trump’s promises for mass deportations of migrants who are in the United States illegally have families,...
Dave Price
Dec 6, 20243 min read


Money Matters: Rate Cuts, Biofuels Concerns, and Child Labor
One of the regional leaders at a Federal Reserve Bank thinks that another federal funds rate reduction could happen in December, but he...
Dave Price
Nov 15, 20243 min read
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