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Justice Department settles with three top egg producers over price inflation

06/30/26 2:24 PM By Olivia M. Bridges

The Justice Department has reached proposed settlements in a civil lawsuit against three top egg sellers accused of illegally inflating market egg prices through claims that avian flu depleted supplies.

Fresno farmer pleads guilty to crop insurance fraud

11/06/24 7:02 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

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The court found that the farm obtained more than $650,000 in false crop insurance payments.

Daybreak July 31: Census Bureau: Hunger worsening in US

07/31/23 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, Bill Tomson, and Noah Wicks

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An ongoing Census Bureau survey indicates food insecurity is getting worse this year around the country.

USDA teaming up with states in new Biden administration competition effort

07/19/23 11:01 AM By Noah Wicks

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The Agriculture Department is partnering with 31 state attorneys general to look more closely into anticompetitive practices in the food and agriculture sectors as part of a broader White House initiative to promote marketplace competition.

Daybreak Aug. 17: Former House Ag member hit with fraud charges

08/17/22 10:00 AM By Bill Tomson, Spencer Chase, and Steve Davies

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A federal indictment unsealed on Tuesday shows TJ Cox, a California Democrat whose one term in Congress included time on the House Agriculture Committee, is facing 28 counts of fraud.

Daybreak June 14: DOJ confirms it has subpoenaed meatpackers

06/14/22 10:00 AM By Bill Tomson, Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, and Noah Wicks

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The Department of Justice has subpoenaed records from meat processors, though it is currently unclear which ones and how many.

Daybreak May 16: USDA issuing key report amid planting delays

05/16/22 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, and Bill Tomson

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USDA’s weekly Crop Progress report, due out this afternoon, will tell traders and policymakers whether farmers are starting to catch up on planting during a year when U.S. crops will be especially important to global food supplies.

Charges dropped against five chicken company execs

04/01/22 4:42 PM By Steve Davies

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The Justice Department has dropped charges against five executives of chicken companies for alleged price fixing following a second mistrial in the case in Colorado.

DOJ charges Koch Foods, four Pilgrim’s Pride execs in poultry price fixing case

07/29/21 1:41 PM By Spencer Chase

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The Justice Department’s inquiry into poultry sector price fixing has resulted in new indictments against Illinois-based Koch Foods and four Pilgrim’s Pride executives.

Claxton Poultry charged with bid rigging, price fixing

05/20/21 11:42 AM By Steve Davies

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Claxton Poultry Farms of Georgia has been indicted on charges of taking part in “a nationwide conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for broiler chicken products” from 2012 through 2019, the Justice Department announced Thursday.

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