Cargill announced it is investing $111 million to convert its ground beef plant located in Columbus, Nebraska into a cooked meats facility. The converted plant will give the Cargill the capabilities it currently does not have to produce specific types of cooked meat products for its customers
Anheuser-Busch announced it will acquire Los Angeles-based Golden Road Brewing craft brewery and brew pub. The company says the deal will enable Golden Road to bring more of its fresh, canned beer to the brewery’s local market and to introduce its unique hop-forward beers to more consumers.
The Innovation Center for U.S Dairy, established under the leadership of dairy farmers, announced the publication of the 2014 U.S. Dairy Sustainability Report.
Process and packaging technology supplier Bosch Packaging Technology announced plans to acquire the Georgia-based Kliklok-Woodman Corporation, a manufacturer of packaging machinery for the food industry.
Manufacturing jobs in Wisconsin increased for the fourth straight year, adding 6,516 jobs from July 2014 through July 2015, according to the 2016 Wisconsin Manufacturers Register published by Manufacturers’ News Inc.
The American Frozen Food Institute expressed its support of bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would give elementary schools greater access to serving a range of fruit and vegetable snacks.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has extended the deadline for submitting comments on the proposed rule that clarifies an employer's continuing obligation to make and maintain an accurate record of each recordable injury and illness.