Nearly 45 years ago, 84% of cattle in America were slaughtered in processing plants that handled fewer than half a million animals a year. By 1997, those plants were processing just 20% of the ...

RICHFIELD — A new cattle processing plant in central Utah is expected to improve the state's food supply chain. "You bet I feel pressure," Henry Barlow said. "I don't sleep well, but it's OK." ...

Today, just 28 cattle processing plants are within tribal lands. Two-thirds of those plants are in Oklahoma. More in U.S. The Likely Cause of Death for Travis Decker's 3 Daughters Was Revealed.

Just four companies dominate the beef processing market. That means higher prices for consumers and lower prices for ranchers, who — with cattle feeders — are trying to build their own meat ...

Recent livestock processing plant closures in the High Plains region have generated headlines, but agricultural economists note they occur because of tight margins. Springdale, Arkansas-based ...

The town of DeMotte previously rejected the custom-processing plant that intends to slaughter 20 to 25 head of cattle a day, as well as a few pigs, under USDA inspection.

Over the past four years, the Osage, Cherokee and Muscogee (Creek) nations have opened USDA-inspected processing plants in eastern Oklahoma.