Opportunities to support local meat production spotlights non-traditional slaughtering and processing operations.

The USDA reports record low numbers of livestock across the country, resulting in higher livestock prices, which in turn, ...

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 ...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association in early June sent a letter to the U.S. Senate and House Agriculture committees to address areas of concern in the cattle and beef industry. The association ...

A proposed 8,000-head-per-day beef processing facility in South Dakota is joining a packed roster of planned and existing plants that could be forced to compete for shrinking cattle inventories in the ...

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 ...

YOUR THURSDAY COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES BLUE SPRINGS POLICE SAY THREE STEERS ESCAPED A PROCESSING PLANT TODAY. THIS HAPPENED AT VALLEY OAK. JUST AFTER NOON THE CATTLE MADE THEIR WAY DOWN MAIN STREET ...

Four big meatpackers control most of the beef slaughter. Farm groups say less market competition means lower prices for cattle. But new company Cattlemen’s Heritage plans to build a facility on the ...