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(LAUREL, Miss.)Chicken processor Sanderson Farms Inc. said on Tuesday that its plants in Louisiana and Mississippi sustained no damage from Hurricane Gustav. Its operations and growers were mainl...READ MORE

(MILWAUKEE)It's a game of political chicken, and U.S. poultry producers are caught in the middle. Russia, the top market for U.S. chicken exports, will be banning imports from at least 19 pla...READ MORE

THE BAN: Russia, the top market for U.S. chicken exports, will start banning imports from 19 plants on Monday. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says the bans are because of ig...READ MORE

(MOSCOW)Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Thursday of instigating the fighting in Georgia and said he suspects a connection to the U.S. presidential campai...READ MORE

(MILWAUKEE)The nation's chicken producers faced more bad news Thursday as Russia said that 19 U.S. poultry producers will be barred from exporting their products there, a move that would depr...READ MORE

(MILWAUKEE)Shares of the nation's top meat producers continued to fall Thursday on worries of potential cuts by Russia to chicken and pork import quotas. Shares of Smithfield Foods Inc., the ...READ MORE

(MILWAUKEE)Shares of the nation's top meat producers tumbled Wednesday after a Russian official said the country could cut imports of pork and chicken, potentially shrinking a key market for ...READ MORE