A proposed 8,000-head-per-day beef processing facility in South Dakota is joining an already packed roster of planned and existing plants, but all could face the sting of shrinking U.S. cattle ...

SILT – Area ranchers could soon have a much shorter drive when they take their cattle to be slaughtered. Pending U.S. Department of Agriculture approval, Eagle Springs Organic will offer the service ...

Concerns about the US food chain supply made their way into the mainstream this week, as more meat processing and packaging plants suspend operations temporarily due to coronavirus outbreaks in ...

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." ...

Some of the beef processing facilities on the mainland are closing because of COVID-19. This is causing concern for the cattle industry in Hawaii. These facilities are very important because that i… ...

After JBS confirmed a cyberattack shuttered some of its processing plants, USDA’s daily cattle slaughter estimates revealed 94,000 head of cattle were processed on Tuesday, a drop of 27,000 head ...

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 ...

Cattle producers have an opportunity to invest in the processing of their livestock. ... The plant in Fort Pierre will require about a $600,000 investment, he said.

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 ...