Michael Hirtzer

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  • TrumpEconomy

    China buys two-thirds of pledged U.S. soybeans as 2025 closes

    By Hallie Gu, Michael Hirtzer, and others
  • A grocery store shelf shows customers are limited to 10 cartons of eggsRetail

    U.S. to boost egg imports and farm relief as prices soar on bird flu

    By Michael Hirtzer, Josh Wingrove, and others
  • Screenshot of the recalled John Deere tractor.Retail

    John Deere issues largest tractor recall in 20 years over failing brakes

    By Michael Hirtzer and Bloomberg
  • John May stands in front of a gray background with green tractors.Leadership

    Deere is scrapping some DEI measures after online conservative outcry—and allegations of rampant hiring discrimination

    By Simone Foxman, Michael Hirtzer, and others
  • Assortment of butterRetail

    Butter prices jump to all-time high as more dairy producers shift to cheese while bird flu keeps U.S. output tight

    By Michael Hirtzer and Bloomberg
  • Finance

    Tyson says beef, pork and chicken are ‘experiencing market challenges’ a month after company layoffs and plant closures

    By Michael Hirtzer and Bloomberg
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 21: John R. Tyson, EVP, Strategy and Chief Sustainability Officer, Tyson Foods; speaks on stage during The Fight for Food: Value Chains and Partnerships at The 2022 Concordia Annual Summit – Day 3 at Sheraton New York on September 21, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Concordia Summit)Leadership

    Tyson Foods executive found sleeping in a stranger’s home while allegedly intoxicated has the board’s ‘continued confidence in his ability to lead’

    By Michael Hirtzer and Bloomberg
  • John R. TysonLifestyle

    The Tyson Foods CFO and heir who was reportedly found asleep in a stranger’s bed and arrested for public intoxication says he’s ’embarrassed’

    By Michael Hirtzer, Elizabeth Elkin, and others
  • A Material Sales towboat docked on the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri, US, on Thursday, July 7, 2022. Shipments along the Mississippi, Illinois, Ohio and Arkansas rivers declined in the week ending June 25 from the previous week, according to the USDA’s weekly grain transportation report. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    A low Mississippi River is about to deepen Europe’s energy crisis

    By Elizabeth Elkin, Will Wade, and others
  • A shopper checks a loaf of bread inside a grocery storeFinance

    The world’s wheat farmers are coming to the rescue to bring skyhigh food prices down to earth

    By Kim Chipman, Michael Hirtzer, and others
  • A plate of buffalo chicken wingsRetail

    Restaurants scramble to serve enough chicken wings ahead of Super Bowl Sunday

    By Leslie Patton, Michael Hirtzer, and others
  • Lunar New Year treatsRetail

    Lunar New Year treats will cost more this year due to wheat drought in the Northwest

    By Michael Hirtzer, Jasmine Ng, and others
  • FOXBORO, MA – OCTOBER 19-SATURDAY: Justin Ward, of Beaton’s Cranberry Growers Service in Wareham, checks the quality of cranberries as they are pumped out of a bog and sprayed with high-pressure water that separates the berries from unwanted material during Ocean Spray’s Fall Harvest Celebration October 19, 2019, in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Paul Connors/Media News Group/Boston Herald)Retail

    Why canned cranberries may be in short supply this Thanksgiving

    By Michael Hirtzer and Edward Ludlow
  • NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – 2011/08/31: Chicken in a chicken coop on a farm in the Catskills near Windham in New York State, USA. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)Retail

    Perdue Farms is testing mobile solar-powered houses for chicken coops

    By Michael Hirtzer and Bloomberg
  • Packages of “Impossible Burger” and “Beyond Meat” sit on a shelf for sale on November 15, 2019 in New York City. – Vegetarian alternatives to burgers and sausages, revived by start-ups like Beyond Meat and Impossible Burger, are enjoying a certain enthusiasm that meat giants also want to enjoy. Since this summer, the world leader in the JBS sector has been marketing a soy burger in Brazil that includes beetroot, garlic and onions, with a look similar to a rare minced steak. In the US, the largest meat producer Tyson Foods launched a new line of products in June based on plants or mixing meat and vegetables. Its competitors Hormel Foods, Perdue Farms or Smithfield, have similar initiatives. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)Retail

    Meat giant Tyson Foods enters the competitive plant-based market again—this time with a line of vegan meat products

    By Michael Hirtzer, Deena Shanker, and others