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Fieldale Farms Names New CFO https://meatingplace.com/fieldale-farms-names-new-cfo/Fieldale Farms promoted Amanda Chosew...
10/08/2026

Fieldale Farms Names New CFO https://meatingplace.com/fieldale-farms-names-new-cfo/
Fieldale Farms promoted Amanda Chosewood to chief financial officer, recognizing a career with the company that has included more than 13 years of progressive leadership and responsibility.

Fieldale Farms promoted Amanda Chosewood to chief financial officer, recognizing a career with the company that has included more than 13 years of progressive leadership and responsibility. Chosewood joined Baldwin, Ga.-based Fieldale in 2013 as credit manager after spending 15 years in banking. She...

Kansas Governor Blasts Immigration Crackdown in Meatpacking Communities https://meatingplace.com/kansas-governor-blasts-...
10/08/2026

Kansas Governor Blasts Immigration Crackdown in Meatpacking Communities https://meatingplace.com/kansas-governor-blasts-immigration-crackdown-in-meatpacking-communities/
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly criticized recent federal immigration enforcement activity in southwest Kansas during a meeting with union members in Dodge City, where labor leaders said the crackdown continued to affect the region's meatpacking workforce.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly criticized recent federal immigration enforcement activity in southwest Kansas during a meeting with union members in Dodge City, where labor leaders said the crackdown continued to affect the region’s meatpacking workforce. Kelly spoke Monday at a United Food and Commercia...

Industry Faces 3.8M Job Vacancies by 2033: Report https://meatingplace.com/industry-faces-3-8m-job-vacancies-by-2033-rep...
10/08/2026

Industry Faces 3.8M Job Vacancies by 2033: Report https://meatingplace.com/industry-faces-3-8m-job-vacancies-by-2033-report/
"You can't hire your way out of this," the report states. "Three things have to happen at once. Attract frontline talent. Keep them long enough to develop. Advance them into supervisor and senior technical roles as advancement opportunities can't be limited to management."

NEW ORLEANS – A new report from the Meat Institute detailed a number of sobering trends about the industry’s looming labor challenges. Shared during a session Wednesday at the Solutions Summit, the report highlighted three alarming facts for meat processors: By 2033, there will be an estimated 3...

Hamburglars Go to Ground: Heist Nets Beef Worth $40K https://meatingplace.com/hamburglars-go-to-ground-heist-nets-beef-w...
10/08/2026

Hamburglars Go to Ground: Heist Nets Beef Worth $40K https://meatingplace.com/hamburglars-go-to-ground-heist-nets-beef-worth-40k/
Freight industry experts note that rising beef prices have translated into higher black market value for purloined products. Northeastern traffic corridors, especially through Philadelphia and New Jersey, have been a hotbed of meat truck heists.

Thieves stole four pallets of ground beef worth $40K from a northeast Philadelphia freight truck, as record beef prices drive a surge in meat cargo thefts.

Judge Extends Pause on USDA Employee Relocations https://meatingplace.com/judge-extends-pause-on-usda-employee-relocatio...
10/08/2026

Judge Extends Pause on USDA Employee Relocations https://meatingplace.com/judge-extends-pause-on-usda-employee-relocations/
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco said during a hearing that he had not decided whether to grant a preliminary injunction but directed both sides to submit proposed language for a potential order. He extended an administrative stay through Oct. 13, continuing to pause deadlines associated with USDA's management-directed reassignment letters.

A federal judge extended a pause on USDA's plan to relocate 2,600 employees through Oct. 13, while weighing a preliminary injunction that would halt the reorganization.

Leadership Lessons from Jarrod Gillig, Cargill Beef Veep https://meatingplace.com/leadership-lessons-from-jarrod-gillig-...
10/08/2026

Leadership Lessons from Jarrod Gillig, Cargill Beef Veep https://meatingplace.com/leadership-lessons-from-jarrod-gillig-cargill-beef-veep/
Titled "Breaking silos to build a more resilient food system," Gillig's keynote was organized around numerous anecdotes and hard truths that detailed how to effectively lead a processing business. The way to break silos, Gillig stressed, is through not only constant communication with team members, but by also providing the platform to share their perspectives and defy leadership assumptions.

Cargill North America Beef SVP Jarrod Gillig shares three leadership principles at the Meat Institute Solutions Summit, including how to ask 'what has to be true?'

Beef Packer, Feeder Profit Shift Takes Shape https://meatingplace.com/beef-packer-feeder-profit-shift-takes-shape/Cattle...
10/07/2026

Beef Packer, Feeder Profit Shift Takes Shape https://meatingplace.com/beef-packer-feeder-profit-shift-takes-shape/
Cattle feeders suffered the largest feeding loss since January 2016, at -$340 per head with the break-even at $244 per hundredweight (cwt) and the average 5-Area Direct Negotiated price at $219.80/cwt.

The shift in packer and feeder fortunes took a more glaring form last week. According to Sterling Marketing’s Beef Profit Tracker, the average beef packer margin in the week ending Oct. 3 was $184.33 per head with an average 84.4% plant capacity utilization, compared with $19.51 and 79.2%, respect...

FSIS Stepping up Listeria, Salmonella Sampling in 2027 https://meatingplace.com/fsis-stepping-up-listeria-salmonella-sam...
10/07/2026

FSIS Stepping up Listeria, Salmonella Sampling in 2027 https://meatingplace.com/fsis-stepping-up-listeria-salmonella-sampling-in-2027/
Changes in this year's plan include the January 2027 implementation of a new environmental program for Lm and non-Lm Listeria in ready-to-eat facilities nationwide. The project will pair two food contact surface samples and two non-food contact surface samples to the RTE post-lethality exposed product samples the agency already collects.

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has posted its fiscal year 2027 Annual Sampling Program Plan, noting an increased focus on better controlling Listeria (Lm) monocytogenes and Salmonella in processing plants. Changes in this year’s plan include the January 2027 implementation ...

FSIS Flags Another Meat Import From an Ineligible Source https://meatingplace.com/fsis-flags-another-meat-import-from-an...
10/07/2026

FSIS Flags Another Meat Import From an Ineligible Source https://meatingplace.com/fsis-flags-another-meat-import-from-an-ineligible-source/
The Vienna-style sausages were from Jamaica, with the ineligibility discovered during "routine" FSIS surveillance of imported products in commerce. The importer distributed the two known varieties of the ineligible products to retailers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland and Texas. FSIS is investigating how the canned products were imported, because meat and poultry products from the Caribbean country are ineligible for entry to the United States.

A public health alert has been issued for illegally imported chicken sausages, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced early Wednesday. The Vienna-style sausages were from Jamaica, with the ineligibility discovered during “routine” FSIS surveillance of imported products ...

Cargill Profit Drops Amid High Cattle Costs: Report https://meatingplace.com/cargill-profit-drops-amid-high-cattle-costs...
10/07/2026

Cargill Profit Drops Amid High Cattle Costs: Report https://meatingplace.com/cargill-profit-drops-amid-high-cattle-costs-report/
Cargill Inc.'s fiscal earnings fell by more than half in the first quarter, as high cattle costs continued to pressure the agricultural giant's beef processing business.

Cargill's Q1 net income plunged to $927M from $1.94B a year ago as tight cattle supplies continue to pressure the beef processing giant's margins.

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