Dairy product manufacturing
Hong Won-sik, chairman of Namyang Dairy Products, wipes his tears during a press conference at the company's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Hong resigned over a scandal in which his company was accused of deliberately spreading misinformation that its yogurt helps prevent coronavirus infections. (Hwang Gang-mo/Yonhap via AP)
SKorea dairy company CEO resigns over virus research scandal

May. 04, 2021 04:26 AM EDT

Food boxes with fresh produce to be given away in Jackson

Apr. 18, 2021 11:51 AM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Thousands of food boxes of fresh produce will be available for pick-up at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson on Wednesday. The...

A USDA Farmers to Families Food Box is seen at a Des Moines Area Religious Council mobile food pantry stop at the downtown bus station, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in Des Moines, Iowa. Agricultural groups and anti-hunger organizations are pushing the Biden administration to continue the Farmers to Families Food Box program launched by President Donald Trump that spent $6 billion to prevent farmers from plowing under food and instead provide it to millions of Americans left reeling by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Food groups fight to save one Trump virus program

By Scott Mcfetridge Feb. 23, 2021 11:19 AM EST

This photo provided by Cadillac shows a scene from Cadillac's 2021 Super Bowl NFL football spot. (Courtesy of Cadillac/Leo Burnett Detroit via AP)
Super Bowl ads aim to entertain with light humor

By Mae Anderson Feb. 07, 2021 06:25 PM EST

In this photo provided by Paul Juarez, refrigerators are stocked with produce, milk and juice at Linda Tutt High School's student-led grocery store on Nov. 20, 2020, in Sanger, Texas. (Paul Juarez via AP)
Student-run free grocery store helps feed town's hungry

By Luis Andres Henao Jan. 26, 2021 10:13 AM EST

A nurse wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks by people lining up for a coronavirus test at a hospital in Beijing, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. The coronavirus was found on ice cream produced in eastern China, prompting a recall of cartons from the same batch, according to the government. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Chinese city reports coronavirus found on ice cream

Jan. 16, 2021 10:30 PM EST

2021 World Championship Cheese Contest set back due to virus

Oct. 27, 2020 03:09 PM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The World Championship Cheese Contest set for February 2021 in Madison has been postponed for a year because of the coronavirus, event...

FILE - In this pair of June 1, 2020, file photos, Rep. Joe Kennedy III, left, and Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., right, wait for the start of a debate in Springfield, Mass. Kennedy is a candidate and Markey is the incumbent in the Sept. 1 Democratic primary election for Senate. (Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool, File)
Kennedy's legacy hovering over Senate race in Massachusetts

By Steve Leblanc Aug. 27, 2020 11:17 AM EDT

James Squire brand beer is displayed at a liquor store in Sydney, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. Australia's government announced on Tuesday it proposed to block Kirin Holdings Co.'s 45.6 billion yen ($430 million) sale of its Australian beverage unit to a Chinese company in a development likely to increase strain on Chinese-Australian relations. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Australia blocks Kirin's $430M sale of business to Chinese

By Rod Mcguirk Aug. 25, 2020 12:39 AM EDT

As US milk sales rise amid pandemic, "Got milk?" ads return

By Dee-Ann Durbin Aug. 03, 2020 07:09 AM EDT
The dairy industry has a familiar question for you: “Got milk?” Six years after the popular tagline was retired, “Got milk?” ads are back....

Federal felony charges against former Blue Bell CEO dropped

Jul. 17, 2020 07:25 PM EDT
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A judge has dismissed federal felony charges against the former CEO of a Texas ice cream company in a case arising from a 2015 listeria...

Illinois State Sen. Jim Oberweis, R-Sugar Grove, wears a full face shield while on the floor of the Illinois Senate during session at the Illinois State Capitol, Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Springfield, Ill. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP, Pool)
GOP congressional hopeful's dairy got virus relief loan

By Sara Burnett Jul. 06, 2020 07:53 PM EDT

Packages of ground pork sit in a cooler during a Des Moines Area Religious Council Food Pantry stop, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. As food banks have struggled to meet soaring demand from people suddenly out of work because of the coronavirus outbreak, it has been especially troubling to see farmers have to bury produce, dump milk and euthanize hogs. Now some states are spending more money to help pay for food that might otherwise go to waste, the U.S. Agriculture Department is spending $3 billion to help get farm products to food banks, and a senator is seeking $8 billion more to buy farm produce for food banks. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Efforts underway to get food from US farms to the needy

By Josh Funk May. 25, 2020 11:03 AM EDT

Tubers float the Comal River in New Braunfels, Texas, Wednesday, May 20, 2020. As parks reopen following closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Texans are returning to the outdoors. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
University of Texas students to return to campus in the fall

By Jim Vertuno And Juan A. Lozano May. 20, 2020 05:23 PM EDT

Vermont recovers milk for food bank; hikers out early

May. 07, 2020 08:46 AM EDT
MONTPELIER, Vt (AP) — Vermont is recovering some of the milk that farmers are having to dispose of and donating it to the Vermont Foodbank, with help from a ...

John Randall, general manager at Salt + Smoke restaurant, wears a mask and gloves as he takes an order over the phone Friday, April 10, 2020, in St. Louis. Many restaurants like Salt + Smoke have started selling groceries and other provisions as a way to help make up for revenue lost during the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
US restaurants turn to grocery sales to help offset losses

By Jim Salter Apr. 12, 2020 10:12 AM EDT

In this Wednesday, April 1, 2020 photo, Ryan Eble, left, and his father, Chris, talk in their milk house while fresh milk gushes down a drain at the Eble family's Golden E Dairy near West Bend, Wis. Many dairy processing plants across Wisconsin have more product than they can handle and that's forced farmers to begin dumping their milk down the drain. The Eble's are forced to dump 25,000 gallons of milk a day from their 2400 milling cows. The coronavirus has dried up the marketplace for dairy products as restaurants, schools and business in food service have been closed. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)
Dairy farmers begin to flush away milk due to coronavirus

Apr. 02, 2020 06:24 PM EDT