By FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Pilgrim's Pride Corp., the nation's largest chicken producer and a major employer in Hardy County, said today it expects to report a "significant loss" in its fiscal fourth quarter and will not be in compliance with one of its debt covenants.

By EMILY FREDRIX Shares of major U.S. poultry producers fall. MILWAUKEE -- Some of the nation's top meat producers saw their shares tumble Wednesday after a Russian official said the country could cut imports of pork and chicken, potentially shrinking a key market for U.S. producers.

By EMILY FREDRIX MILWAUKEE - Pilgrim's Pride Corp., the nation's largest chicken producer, said it lost $52.8 million in its third quarter because of record-high grain costs that have made animal feed far more expensive and prices charged to consumers aren't rising fast enough because of an oversupply.

PITTSBURG, Texas, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pilgrim's Pride Corp. today issued the following statement in response to an enforcement action today by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division: "Officials from the U.S.

PITTSBURG, Texas, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pilgrim's Pride Corp.