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NORTH PLATTE, NE — It’s long odds; starting up a 1,500 +head per day beef processing plant and expecting to stay in business. Cattlemen have tried establishing their own beef processing operations before, with limited success. New operations can’t bring to bear the economies of scale that the ‘big four’, owned primarily by Brazil and […]
WALL, SD – The Wall Meat Processing plant has been awarded funding to purchase equipment to improve humane handling and enhance food safety measures and efficiencies. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced on Wednesday, an additional $21.9 million of funding is being awarded to 111 grant projects through the Meat […]
HARDIN, MT – The Jim Scott Family has been ranching in the state for decades, but in the last two years their operation has grown to include another part of the industry, S Ranch Meats, a custom beef butcher plant and meat wholesaler. The facility where S Ranch Meats is housed was built in 1969 […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Beef packers in the U.S. have long been able to hold ownership interest, finance or participate in the management or operations of independent cattle ranchers. But livestock auction markets, where many cattle are sold, have been unable to participate in the beef packing business. Until now. A bill that would allow livestock […]
Grand Island, Neb. —The University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced plans to develop the Small Meat Processing Plant of the Future during a roundtable discussion at the Nebraska Association of Meat Processors annual convention in Grand Island. “The Small Plant of the Future will be a multi-disciplinary center to strengthen the meat industry in the region,” said […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier this week, National Farmers Union (NFU) submitted formal comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture in response to a request for information on “Investments and Opportunities for Meat and Poultry Processing Infrastructure.” In the wake of the July 9, 2021 Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy, as well […]
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will use his fiscal authorities to drive efforts to restore competition in livestock markets. Vilsack announced the availability of $500 million for making investments in meat processing and for developing a strategy to ensure the investments effectively jumpstart and sustain competition over the long haul The […]
SIOUX FALLS, SD – Pipestone Systems, which began their Wholestone Farms project after acquiring the Hormel Foods processing facility in Fremont, NE, has announced plans to build a $500 million pork processing plant in Sioux Falls. Luke Minion with Pipestone Systems says they hope to open their new processing plant sometime in 2025. The relatively […]
WASHINGTON, DC – As part of a new initiative announced in March – USDA Pandemic Assistance for Producers – USDA is releasing $3-$4 billion for ag producers and businesses of $11 billion allocated. According to USDA officials, the financial aid will reach a broader set of producers than in previous COVID-19 aid programs under the […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Meatpacking workers across the country have started receiving coronavirus vaccines and thousands more will have a chance to get their shots this week, offering some peace of mind in an industry that was ravaged by COVID-19 a year ago. “There’s a level of relief to know they are finally getting the […]
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