When a giant like Tyson Foods sneezes, rural America catches a cold. As the nation's leading meat processor, Tyson handles ...

In addition to the fines, AG Gentner Drummond asked a judge to order the companies to stop spreading bird waste in certain areas.

Tyson was among chicken companies sued in 2005 for polluting the Illinois River with chicken waste. In 2015, the company settled a case in Missouri for chemical releases that killed more than ...

The region’s rapid growth — driven by poultry farms, marijuana farming, and a tourism boom in Hochatown — is putting pressure ...

In addition to a more restrictive phosphorus limit on fields in the Illinois River watershed, the attorney general urged the ...

This doesn’t seem to be an instance where one factory is responsible for a number of screwups. But all are classified, by the FSIS, as Tyson Poultry facilities. This is a significant uptick in Tyson ...

Tyson Foods is shutting down two poultry processing plants in Van Buren, Ark. and Glen Allen, Va. and laying off 1,700 workers as the largest U.S. chicken producer seeks to improve operations.

Since Tyson Foods and Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback announced on Sept. 5 that a new poultry plant was coming to Leavenworth County, the community of Tonganoxie has been fraught with questions and fears.

Chicken begin their lives at the hatchery, about a mile from Tyson’s central processing facility. About 34 people work there compared with the 240 who make up a shift at processing, where there ...