JBS to close beef plant in Pennsylvania

The world’s largest meatpacker, is preparing to close a beef-processing plant in Pennsylvania, the latest facility to close ...
MEAT+POULTRY

Meat snacks growth drives processing capacity expansions

DENVER — Meat snacks represent a major area for production innovation, according to a new report from CoBank’s Knowledge ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

Cattle producers venture into meat processing

ELDORA, Iowa (AP) -- A group of Iowa cattlemen hope to put more money back into their own pockets by purchasing a meat processing plant and making their own value-added products. The Iowa Quality Beef ...
MEAT+POULTRY

Minnesota meat plant plans to expand regional processing capacity

STAPLES, MINN. – Farmers Union Processing + Meats recently announced plans to open a meat processing plant in Staples, Minn., ...

Why the U.S. cattle herd is at a 75-year low — and what it means for beef prices

The overall number of U.S. beef and dairy cattle has shrunk to its lowest level since 1951. Drought, rising operating costs ...
American Farm Bureau Federation

As Processing Facilities Struggle with Labor, Spread Between the Wholesale Price of Meat and Livestock Prices Widens

The self-distancing and quarantine protocols put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19 have reduced economic growth, shuttered consumers in their homes and changed the way Americans purchase and ...
Tasting Table on MSN

Why America Banned This Common Type Of Beef

Back in the early 2000s, this common method for processing beef was outlawed in the United States after some valid concerns.
Post Register

The cattle and meat processing at Montana Better Beef

Lisa and Oscar Mayorga are part of a family ranch in Montana that sells grass-fed beef direct to consumers. The ranch has about 100 cows. “We do organic, grass-fed and grass-finished so the cattle don ...