Diestel Family Ranch, Sonora, Calif., expanded its lineup of thoughtfully-raised products to include new antibiotic-free Uncured Black Forest and Uncured Maple-Honey Ham Slices.

Comfrey Farm, Windom, Minn., launched Certified DUROC pork and No Antibiotics Ever (NAE) Certified DUROC.

Niman Ranch, Alameda, Calif., and New Belgium Brewing, Fort Collins, Colo., teamed up to offer sustainably raised meat with craft beer taste.

La Coop fédérée, Olymel and its Sollio Agriculture divisions announced plans to acquire F. Ménard, a Canada-based pork processor.

The National Pork Board, Des Moines, Iowa, released its findings from the comprehensive Insight to Action research, this time examining trends in consumer behavior related to dining out.

Tyson Fresh Meats, a subsidiary of Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Ark., announced plans to invest almost $300 million to build a food production plant in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Olymel, Canada, opened the doors to its more modernized, completely renovated pork processing plant in Yamachiche, Quebec, Canada.

Kiolbassa Smoked Meats, San Antonio, Texas, is celebrating its 70th anniversary with the opening of a new production line.

OSI Group, Aurora, Ill., acquired Rose Packing Co., Inc., a Barrington, Ill.-based producer of pork products for foodservice and retail customers.

BPI (Beef Products, Inc.), Dakota Dunes, S.D., announced a corporate name change to empirical foods, and re-named its additional companies to empirical technology and empirical innovations.