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Campbell's Soup Laying Off 326 in Georgia

Decreasing consumer demand means the plant will close.

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Plastic Pieces Triggers Lake Champlain Chocolates to Recall Bars

The Burlington, VT-based company's affected products can be found within a variety of gift packages, boxes and baskets.

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USDA: Corn & Soybean Production Up 4% in 2020

The latest corn stocks are down fractionally year-over-year, soybean stocks are down sharply and winter wheat seedings are up.

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DoL Issues Final H-2A Modernization Rule for Temporary Ag Labor

A shellfish export truck with a protest sign written across the trailer 'Incompetent Government Destroying Shellfish Industry' drives past the Palace of Westminster in London on Monday, Jan. 18 during a demonstration by British Shellfish exporters to protest Brexit-related red tape they claim is suffocating their business.

Seafood Trucks Protest Brexit Red Tape Outside Parliament

Health Alert Issued for 14 Charlie Brown Farms Beef Jerky Products

Nestle Recalls 763K Lbs of Hot Pockets for Glass, Plastic

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NOAA Report Shows Pandemic's Heavy Toll on Seafood Industry

A federal report says the pandemic has taken away about a third of the commercial fishing industry's revenue.

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Lawsuit Says Community College Program was Human Trafficking

The lawsuit accuses an Iowa community college, a recruitment company, a pet food manufacturer and a packaging company of human trafficking and involuntary servitude.

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USDA's Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Offers More Help for Some Producers

It involves expanded eligibility for some ag producers and commodities and updating payments to compensate some producers who already applied.

Molson Coors Enters CBD Beverage Market With Colorado Release

Truss CBD-branded Veryvell is a hemp-derived, adaptogenic, sparkling CBD water infused with a crisp taste, zero calories and zero sugar.

In this Oct. 23, 2020, file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers his speech at the commemorating conference on the 70th anniversary of the Chinese army entering North Korea to resist the U.S. army, at the Great Hall fo the People in Beijing. Xi is asking former CEO Howard Schultz of Starbucks to help repair U.S.-Chinese relations that have plunged to their lowest level in decades amid a tariff war and tension over technology and security.

Xi Asks Starbucks' Schultz to Help Repair US-China Ties

Howard Schultz opened Starbucks' first China outlet in 1999 and is a frequent visitor.

In this Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 file photo, fishermen arrange crabs after their boat returned from a fishing trip to the harbour in Hartlepool, England.

Brexit Red Tape Leaves Catch Rotting

Fishing communities are facing ruin.

This May 22, 2020 photo shows the Federal Reserve building in Washington.

Amid Gains, US Economy Slowing in Some Regions

The bulk of the Fed's 12 regions showed modest growth, but three districts said that activity had weakened.

A man walks past a poster with the slogans 'World Peace' and 'Ethnic Unity' in Beijing, China on Jan. 11.

China Demands US Lift Import Ban on Xingjiang Cotton, Tomatoes

The ban adds to a flurry of sanctions imposed against Chinese officials, companies and goods over human rights, security and other complaints.

An elderly Chinese man looks at map of Chinese showing its different ethnic groups and the slogan 'Ethnic Unity' in Beijing, China Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. A Chinese official on Monday denied Beijing has imposed coercive birth control measures among Muslim minority women, following an outcry over a tweet by the Chinese Embassy in Washington claiming that government polices had freed women of the Uighur ethnic group from being 'baby-making machines.'

US to Block Cotton from China Region Targeted in Crackdown

US Customs will use its authority to block products suspected of being produced with forced labor.

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Maple Leaf Foods Expanding With $100M Tempeh Plant

Its Greenleaf Foods subsidiary, which owns the Lightlife and Field Roast brands, plans to acquire a 118,000-square-foot facility in Indianapolis.

Recall Expands as Pet Deaths Rise

Pets with aflatoxin poisoning may experience sluggishness, loss of appetite or vomiting.

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Data: December Virus Cases in Meat & Poultry Workers 5 Times Lower Than May

Meanwhile, December cases among the general public are nine times higher.