Farm laborers are deemed essential workers, given their critical role in the food supply chain, but the Trump administration so far has left it up to farmers to protect their … Read More

Big restaurant companies with eateries in a number of states are struggling to navigate a thicket of rules as they seek to reopen dining rooms closed by the coronavirus pandemic. … Read More

Six Republicans in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee urged the U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday to ease regulations on meat processors that they said make it harder for smaller … Read More

Meatpacking plants across Illinois have not been working at full capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the industry is ramping back up, with a nearly 30% increase in capacity. (WICS)

Major disruptions in the cattle and hog markets, one of the several fallouts of the COVID-19 pandemic, have led to many conversations about policy options that might be helpful. One … Read More

President Trump signed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, which includes corrections that AFBF requested for the program. Read more on our Federal Stimulus page.

Vikram Aggarwal, CEO of the global hospitality industry digital dining reservation company based in Munich, eat2eat.com says, “In the post COVID world, the power balance on data ownership and control … Read More

The impact that the pandemic had on the packing industry became evident in March when some processing plants were forced to temporarily shut down after workers tested positive to COVID-19, … Read More

Hoarding cash during a pandemic might seem prudent, but America’s packaged food companies are finding it’s better to stock up on stuff they can sell. (Bloomberg)

The company said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday that “at this point in time, beef supply has returned to near-normal levels across the Wendy’s system.” (CNN)