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Lamb Weston's revenue in the quarter fell by 8% year over year to $1.6 billion, which missed the consensus estimate of $1.67 billion. The underperformance came as demand for its frozen potato ...
The William Davies Company facilities in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, circa 1920. This facility was then the third largest hog-packing plant in North America. The meat-packing industry (also spelled meatpacking industry or meat packing industry) handles the slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distribution of meat from animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep and other livestock.
Industrial agriculture is a form of modern farming that refers to the industrialized production of crops and animals and animal products like eggs or milk.The methods of industrial agriculture include innovation in agricultural machinery and farming methods, genetic technology, techniques for achieving economies of scale in production, the creation of new markets for consumption, the ...
A packing plant was a major acquisition for a small but ambitious town. Such a business meant locally-available fresh meat, employment, and typically created a livestock market, all adding to local commerce and prosperity. The Raths were approached by the Waterloo, Iowa, Board of Trade (a Chamber of Commerce forerunner) and were eventually won ...
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Oct. 2—Soon, 379 workers at a Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. potato processing plant in Connell, Washington, will be out of a job. Mayor Lee Barrow estimates the closure of the plant in central ...
In 1934, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began the computation of a daily Commodity price index that became available to the public in 1940. By 1952, the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued a Spot Market Price Index that measured the price movements of "22 sensitive basic commodities whose markets are presumed to be among the first to be influenced by changes in economic conditions.
The Iowa State Fair is gearing up to return Aug. 8-18 with some new food adventures for those who want to experience farm fresh food grown and produced by Iowa farmers. Farm-to-Fair dinner party