MEAT+POULTRY

Saline River Farms gives update on Illinois beef processing plant

According to Saline River, the company intends to coordinate cattle sourcing, processing, and logistics rather than rely on ...
WSAZ

Food and Farm Coalition calls for end to meat processing tax

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Thursday marked “Local Food and Farms Day” at the West Virginia State Capitol. The West Virginia Food and Farm Coalition was on hand to celebrate local produce and local ...
American Farm Bureau Federation

Montana Ranchers Build Processing Facility for Donated and Direct-Market Meat

What began as one rancher’s effort to help meet his local food bank’s 300% increase in demand last spring has progressed to the development of the first federally inspected non-profit purchased and ...
Berkshire Eagle

With grant in hand, Berkshire Agricultural Ventures attempts to ease the bottleneck in slaughterhouses

GREAT BARRINGTON — At the Hilltown Pork butchery in Canaan, New York, near the West Stockbridge town line, workers can only process so much beef, pork, lamb and goat meat. There isn’t enough space or ...
American Farm Bureau Federation

As Processing Facilities Struggle with Labor, Spread Between the Wholesale Price of Meat and Livestock Prices Widens

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 ...