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Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

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FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2020 file photo, a worker heads into the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colo. A weekend ransomware attack on the world’s largest meat company is disrupting production around the world just weeks after a similar incident shut down a U.S. oil pipeline. The White House confirms that Brazil-based meat processor JBS SA notified the U.S. government Sunday, May 30, 2021, of a ransom demand from a criminal organization likely based in Russia. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Largest meat producer getting back online after cyberattack

By Rod Mcguirk And Dee-Ann Durbin Jun. 02, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

In this May 12, 2020, photo, the company logo sign sits at the entrance to the JBS Australia's Dinmore meatworks facility, west of Brisbane. Thousands of Australian meat workers had no work for a second day on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, after a cyberattack crippled the world’s largest meat processing company. A government minister said it might be days before production resumes. (Dan Peled/AAP Image via AP)
Meat producer JBS says expects most plants working Wednesday

By Rod Mcguirk And Dee-Ann Durbin Jun. 01, 2021 05:49 PM EDT

FILE - This April 8, 2020, file photo shows the Smithfield pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D. The USDA said on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, it will not increase the speed at which pigs are processed into meat at U.S. pork plants rejecting a request from a group representing pork producers to allow processing plants to speed up the production of pigs into meat. A union representing workers claimed that the increased volume endangers workers. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves, File)
USDA rejects request for faster pork slaughterhouse speeds

By David Pitt May. 27, 2021 03:22 PM EDT

FILE - This April 8, 2020, file photo shows the Smithfield pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D. A group representing pork producers urged the federal government Tuesday, May 25, 2021, to let them continue an effort to speed up the processing of pigs into bacon and ham despite a union's claim that the increased volume endangers workers. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves, File)
Pork group asks USDA to support faster slaughterhouse speeds

By David Pitt May. 25, 2021 01:17 PM EDT

Feds: Man used fraudulent PPP loan to buy alpaca farm

May. 04, 2021 11:57 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — The owner of a Massachusetts pizza parlor lied about the number of employees he had to fraudulently obtain more than $660,000 in federal...

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2011, file photo, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai and United Arab Emirates minister of finance attends the opening of Arab Finance Ministers Exceptional meeting in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He has died, his brother said on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. He was 75. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
Dubai deputy ruler, famed horseman Sheikh Hamdan dies at 75

By Isabel Debre Mar. 24, 2021 04:32 AM EDT

A cow stands in a pen ta the Vaughn Farms cattle operation, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, near Maxwell, Iowa. Sudden meat shortages last year because of the coronavirus led to millions of dollars in federal grants to help small meat processors expand so the nation could lessen its reliance on giant slaughterhouses to supply grocery stores and restaurants. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Push to prevent next meat shortage hits big obstacle

By Scott Mcfetridge Mar. 15, 2021 03:10 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan.18, 2019 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron meets pupils as he visits a school canteen in Saint-Sozy, southwestern France. By taking meat off the menu at school canteens, the Green Party mayor of Lyon has kicked up a storm of protest and debate in a country increasingly asking questions about the environmental costs of its meaty dietary habits. With a meatless four-course meal that Lyon City Hall says will be quicker and easier to serve to children who must be kept socially distanced while eating lunch to avoid coronavirus infections. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP, FILE)
Food fight: Meat-free school meals spark furor in France

By John Leicester Feb. 23, 2021 01:18 PM EST

Man pleads guilty to involvement in cockfighting operation

Feb. 18, 2021 10:13 PM EST
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — A Holyoke man has pleaded guilty to charges connected to his involvement in a cockfighting operation that included more than 400...

FILE- In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds appears during a news conference in Johnston, Iowa. A new disclosure report shows an owner of a large pork production company that disproportionately benefited from an Iowa coronavirus aid program recently donated $25,000 to Reynolds' campaign last month. Mary Ann Christensen, board member of Christensen Farms and part of the family that owns the company, made the donation Dec. 29, according to the filing made public Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Pork exec gives $25K to Iowa governor; company got virus aid

By Ryan J. Foley Jan. 20, 2021 02:27 PM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2020 file photo, a farmer discs over a corn field on at a farm north of Woodward, Iowa. The corn was damaged beyond salvage by the recent derecho. Thanks to the government paying nearly 40% of their income, U.S. farmers are expected to end 2020 with higher profit than 2019 and the best net income in seven years, the Department of Agriculture said in its latest farm income forecast. Farmers faced challenges throughout 2020 that included the impact of trade disputes; low prices that drove down cash receipts and weather difficulties. (Bryon Houlgrave/The Des Moines Register via AP File)
Federal checks salvage otherwise dreadful 2020 for US farms

By David Pitt Dec. 31, 2020 01:10 PM EST

Colorado linebacker Carson Wells, left, pursues San Diego State quarterback Jordon Brookshire, who runs out of the pocket during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Surging Buffs focus on Utah, not Pac-12 title game scenarios

By Pat Graham Dec. 07, 2020 06:42 PM EST

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Nick Mullens throws against the Los Angeles Rams during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Kelvin Kuo)
49ers to play 2 upcoming home games in Arizona

By Josh Dubow Nov. 30, 2020 01:32 PM EST

FILE- In this July 21, 2017, file photo, young hogs owned by Smithfield Foods gather around a water source at a farm in Farmville, N.C. A federal appeals court on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020 upheld a 2018 jury verdict that led to awarding monetary damages to neighbors of a North Carolina industrial hog operation for smells and noise they said made living nearby unbearable. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
Court upholds hog verdict; Smithfield announces settlement

By Gary D. Robertson Nov. 19, 2020 06:45 PM EST

Florent Geroux rides Monomoy Girl to win the Breeders' Cup Distaff horse race at Keeneland Race Course, in Lexington, Ky., Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Authentic goes wire-to-wire to win Breeders' Cup Classic

By Gary B. Graves Nov. 07, 2020 07:44 PM EST

Owner Angela Wilson breaks down a whole chicken at Avedano's Meats in San Francisco, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and restrictions on large gatherings, the traditional Thanksgiving feast is being downsized. Fewer people at Thanksgiving tables means many families will buy smaller turkeys, or none at all. On her Thanksgiving orders, Wilson said "we don't want as many big birds and we think we'll sell smaller birds or different things like porcheta or guinea fowl, quails, fresh game hen." (AP Photo/Haven Daley)
Scaled-back Thanksgiving plans leave turkey farmers in limbo

By Dee-Ann Durbin Oct. 30, 2020 01:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2020, file photo, Swiss Skydiver (4), with Robby Albarado aboard, wins the 145th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Obscured behind Swiss Skydiver is Authentic, ridden by John Velazquez. Kentucky Derby winner Authentic heads a field of 11 horses, possibly including filly and Preakness winner Swiss Skydiver against males, for the Breeders’ Cup Classic, with trainer Bob Baffert entering three horses in the $6 million race that includes Belmont winner Tiz the Law. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
Breeders' Cup Classic may feature Triple Crown race winners

By Beth Harris Oct. 28, 2020 04:27 PM EDT

Arrissa Swails lets her cow, Honey, snack in the backyard, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, near Jenera, Ohio. This week, she'd be parading her livestock at the Hancock County Fair, hoping to win a grand champion ribbon during her last turn in the show ring. The Hancock County Fair was cancelled due to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
No payoff: Summer without fairs leaves farm kids heartbroken

By John Seewer Sep. 05, 2020 09:07 AM EDT

Hog farmer sentenced to life in corn rake killing of wife

Sep. 04, 2020 06:09 PM EDT
MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa hog farmer was sentenced Friday to life in prison in the death of his wife, who was impaled in the back with a corn...