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

Agriculture is the biggest threat to the planet, says Michael Grunwald—and organic farming, grass-fed beef, and biofuels are ...

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

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

After the state successfully argued that phosphorus in poultry litter affected streams in the Illinois River watershed and eventually Lake Tenkiller, a judge this week said poultry waste continues ...

Oklahoma’s then-Attorney General Drew Edmondson sued 13 poultry companies in federal court for improper poultry litter disposal and ...

A Tulsa federal judge ruled that Oklahoma's Illinois River watershed continues to be harmed by poultry waste runoff. The ruling comes more than two years after the judge initially found the watershed ...

In a 20-year-old lawsuit, a Tulsa-based federal judge has ruled the Illinois River watershed still is being damaged by poultry waste runoff.

Clean water advocates found no surprises in an opinion published this week by a federal judge who found poultry waste “continues to be a significant source of phosphorus” pollution in ...

In a decision released last week, a Tulsa federal judge determined poultry farm runoff in eastern Oklahoma is still harming the Illinois River, Lake Tenkiller and connected waterways.

Tyson Foods Inc. is recalling nearly 8.5 million pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products because they may be contaminated with Listeria, the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Saturday.