WASHINGTON, D.C. (CONGRESSMAN DERRICK VAN ORDEN PRESS RELEASE) - Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), along with Reps. Brad Finstad (MN-01) and Randy Feenstra (IA-04), penned a letter to U.S.

Republican lawmakers have called on USDA to provide explanations regarding the oversight of Pure Prairie Poultry, Inc., which filed for bankruptcy shortly after receiving substantial USDA funding. The ...

Pure Prairie Poultry’s abrupt closure has left its contract growers in a difficult situation. Minnesota and Iowa have stepped in to help manage millions of chickens. Wisconsin has provided minimal ...

Pure Prairie Poultry ran out of funds to care for over a million chickens across Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. Farmers and state ag departments are left scrambling. Hundreds of thousands of chickens ...

When a Midwestern poultry processor closed abruptly in early October, chickens were left without food. Banks and feed companies were left without money they were owed. Growers were left without a ...

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 ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack speaks in his home state of Iowa at a press conference during the World Food Prize week of events, October 31, 2024. (Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) The ...

Pure Prairie Poultry, Inc. received $45.6 million in USDA funding in 2022 to expand its processing plant in Charles City. (Photo courtesy of USDA) Lawmakers from Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and beyond ...

Dozens of farmers in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin are scrambling to feed their flocks after a struggling organic broiler chicken producer abruptly closed a year after getting a $39 million federal ...

A Wisconsin poultry grower who contracted with Pure Prairie Poultry tells Agri-Pulse to expect lawsuits to be filed today over the company’s closure. The shutdown has resulted in roughly 2 million ...