Insights and Stories on Fines

Chicken abuse caught on video nets $600,000 in fines

Jan. 28, 2022 at 8:28 pm CST

A poultry processor and its “chicken-catching” service provider whose handling of chickens in British Columbia wound up on network TV are now each on the hook for $300,000 in fines. The fines were levied against Sofina Foods and Elite Farm Services after the two companies pled guilty to two counts […]

JBS parent pleads guilty to U.S. foreign bribery charges

Oct. 14, 2020 at 5:01 pm CDT

By Jody Godoy Sabrina Valle

Ontario draws new legal lines against on-farm trespass

Dec. 2, 2019 at 8:14 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Alberta proposes heavier penalties for on-farm trespassing

Oct. 4, 2019 at 2:56 am CDT

By GFM Staff

Brazil ag minister eyes indigenous land for commercial farming

Jan. 18, 2019 at 7:47 pm CST

By Anthony Boadle Jake Spring

Brazil police probe ag ministry for corruption

May. 16, 2017 at 11:17 am CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian federal police started two separate investigations on Tuesday into suspected corruption at the Agriculture Ministry to benefit meatpacking, dairy and other food companies. The probes into whether inspection procedures were eased in favour of certain unnamed companies comes two months after the country’s meatpacking […]

By Reuters

Oklahoma senators seek tougher cattle rustling penalties

Apr. 12, 2016 at 8:13 pm CDT

Oklahoma City | Reuters — Oklahoma lawmakers sent a measure to the governor on Tuesday to increase penalties for cattle rustling, in an attempt to curtail a crime associated with the Wild West that has seen a resurgence from ranch hands stealing livestock to feed their drug habits. The bill […]

By Heide Brandes