Poultry farms turn to Facebook after processor abandons …
Oct 15, 2024 · At least six Wisconsin farms are giving away tens of thousands of chickens raised for meat through posts on Facebook after their contracted processor abruptly closed last week. Pure Prairie Poultry filed for bankruptcy in Minnesota at the end of September.
Pure Prairie bankruptcy devastates Midwest poultry farmers
3 days ago · Pure Prairie Poultry filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, leaving behind not only unpaid employees but also 1.3 million broiler chickens across 14 Iowa farms and more across other Midwest states. The situation has been described as particularly vexing based on the $45.6 million that the U.S. Department of Agriculture invested through a Food Supply ...
Pure Prairie Poultry Fallout Continues
5 days ago · Greg Marten, a farmer from Mondovi, Wisconsin, told DTN the last of his 45,000 or so chickens were picked up by various small farmers and others on Tuesday afternoon. Marten said he is owed ...
Organic chicken producer’s collapse leaves Midwest farmers
4 days ago · After Pure Prairie Poultry closed, checks and chicken feed for farmers raising the birds dried up — threatening an animal welfare crisis and straining farmers’ finances, U.S. Sen. Tammy ...
Sen. Baldwin pushes USDA to assist area farmers impacted by …
5 days ago · As News 18 reported, Pure Prairie Poultry is a Minnesota-based business with a large poultry processing plant in Iowa. Related article: Local farmers hung out to dry after poultry company closes
Thousands of chickens to be culled after Minnesota poultry ... - MPR News
Oct 9, 2024 · Pure Prairie Poultry ran out of money to care for more than a million chickens in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin after the company filed for bankruptcy and closed its Charles City, Iowa...
Midwest chicken farmers struggle to feed flocks after supplier …
3 days ago · After Pure Prairie Poultry closed, checks and chicken feed for farmers raising the birds dried up — threatening an animal welfare crisis and straining farmers’ finances, U.S. Sen. Tammy ...
Iowa to care for 1.3 million chickens after Minnesota company files …
Oct 8, 2024 · After receiving an emergency court order, the Iowa Department of Agriculture has taken over the care of 1.3 million chickens owned by Pure Prairie Poultry, a Minnesota company that filed for...
Iowa ag department seizes control of Pure Prairie’s chickens
Oct 7, 2024 · DES MOINES, IOWA — After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Pure Prairie Poultry Inc. notified the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship that due to its financial situation, it can...
USDA Rural Development Celebrates Processing Plant Expansion …
Jul 24, 2024 · In November 2022, Pure Prairie Poultry received a $6,963,725 grant from USDA’s Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP). The company also received a USDA loan for $38,720,000 from the Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program (FSCGL).
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