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 ...

Q: It’s still unclear to me whether Dave Dreiling is proposing live slaughter on McCall Rd or just carcass processing there? Also unclear: How can something of this nature get ...

For Pennsylvania rancher Michael Kovach, the lack of slaughter facilities near his farm has been a burden for many years. Kovach sells his pork, beef, lamb and chicken onsite at his own farm stand.

Fed slaughter is currently 81.4% of total cattle slaughter, the highest percentage since 2007. Low cow slaughter since 2022 has increased the fed slaughter percentage. The general structure of the ...

“The only thing you can process right now in city limits is chickens — poultry, I should say,” Hemphill said, “so the question is would you consider allowing beef or pork slaughter and then sort of ...

Walmart Inc. is pushing deeper into the beef business, taking a stake in a planned Nebraska processing plant to help stock its meat sections and increase processing capacity in the beef industry. The ...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — A recent executive order from President Trump will see more beef coming into the U.S. with the goal of easing pressure on cattle farmers and keeping prices down. However, for ...