PennyGem on MSN

$3.3B Tyson beef plant shuts down—3,200 jobs and 5% of US beef supply gone

When Tyson Foods announced the permanent shutdown of its sprawling Lexington, Nebraska beef processing complex on November 21 ...
In These Times

Oklahoma Tribes Are Fighting Corporate Consolidation of the Cattle Industry—and Building Food Sovereignty

HOMINY, OKLA.— Cole McKinney leapt onto the edge of a metal fence and began banging its side, trying to spook a nearly 700-pound bison into turning around inside its pen. But the bison repeatedly ...
Iowa Public Radio

Ranchers got tired of Big Beef taking their profits. So they’re starting their own processing plant

A highly concentrated beef market has meant higher prices for consumers and lower returns for the people raising the animals. Some ranchers in the Midwest and Great Plains want a new option by ...
AgWeb

Spring Cattle Processing Tips to Enhance Herd Health and Diminish Stress

Pastures are turning green, which means it’s time to work cows and calves. Achieving the best results with vaccines requires using the correct syringes and needles, good management practices and ...
Fix It Homestead on MSN

Why beef stays expensive even when cattle prices swing, the lag nobody explains clearly

Beef has become the grocery item that makes you pause, recalculate your cart, and sometimes put the ribeye back. Even when ...
Drovers

The New Beef Powerhouse? As Brazil Overtakes the U.S., Here’s What It Means

Brazil has officially surpassed the U.S. as the world’s top beef producer. With U.S. production down 3.9%, analysts point to ...
Drovers

2025 Beef Imports See 20% Jump During First 10 Months

Oklahoma State's Peel says increased beef imports are the expected market response to declining U.S. beef production, ...
The Journal

High Plains region recipient of USDA meat processing grants

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced July 11 that the Biden-Harris administration is making investments that will strengthen American food supply chains, increase independent ...
Civil Eats

This Farmer-Owned Meat Processing Co-op in Tennessee Changes the Game

Farmland makes up half the total acreage in Washington County, Tennessee. But this rolling landscape in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains does not allow for easy planting or plowing, so ...
NBC Montana

Missoula food group, area ranchers look to alleviate beef-processing bottleneck

HELENA, Mont. — Less than 5% of cattle born in Montana are processed in the state. Sarah and Joshua Christenson pride themselves on being part of the local food economy. As co-owners of a 117-year-old ...
AG Week

Meat processing is at the heart of this rural Minnesota town's revitalization

WAUBUN, Minn. — “We aren’t dummies,” Paul Benson said to his best friend Doyle Turner several years ago as the two discussed how they should start a business from the ground up that could be ...