As processing plants struggle to remain open amid labor shortages and maintain line speeds while implementing worker protection measures, the wholesale value of meat has surged. At the same time, ...

Jennings said basic economics has raised meat prices as there’s been increased demand and decreasing supply because of labor issues at meat-processing plants because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Beef cattle are in a rotational-grazing program at Rush Creek Ranch near Viroqua, Wisconsin. The ranch raises about 7,000 head of cattle. There are about 14,000 beef farms in Wisconsin, according ...

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 ...

As the dairy industry continues adapting to market demands, there is hope that current positive trends will benefit producers ...

In Oklahoma, which ranks second in the nation for beef cow inventory and second (behind Alaska) in the percentage of Native American residents, 60 % of the cattle processing plants that have ...

Food processing backup means 'oversaturation of fat cattle' in Colorado's beef market Smaller ranchers in particular are being impacted the hardest by backups made worse by the pandemic 00:03 02:53 ...

Sustainable Beef, LLC in North Platte processed their first cattle Wednesday morning. “Today, we are doing two loads of 80 head. We should be doing that for about three weeks, then ramp up from ...

``Cattle producers just aren't happy with the way they are being treated by packers,'' said David Petty, owner of the 3,000-acre Iowa River Ranch near Eldora. ``This will be an opportunity to ...

Cattle producers see hope in a new beef processing plant coming to southwest Iowa in 2023. Ranchers have often complained about limited choices when it’s time to sell their beef cattle.

Expanding beef processing could also help preserve South Carolina’s family farms, said Gwendolyn McPhail, treasurer of the co-op’s board and owner of Black Diamond Sheep and Cattle in Seneca ...