Cattle producers and livestock auction owners are rallying behind legislation that would allow livestock auction markets to invest in small meatpacking facilities. The bill would remove a barrier in ...

Recent livestock processing plant closures in the High Plains region have generated headlines, but agricultural economists note they occur because of tight margins. Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson ...

Lexington closure signifies a structural shift in the beef packing industry, not a temporary disruption like earlier plant ...

SILT – Area ranchers could soon have a much shorter drive when they take their cattle to be slaughtered. Pending U.S. Department of Agriculture approval, Eagle Springs Organic will offer the service ...

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 ...

Two recently introduced bills could help more small meat and poultry plants sell their products, and help better fulfill nationwide demand for beef, chicken and turkey. Introduced on July 2, the ...

Competition in the meat sector was on center stage in Washington, D.C. Wednesday. The same day the House Agriculture Committee tackled the topic of the state of the beef industry and beef supply chain ...

Tucked away behind the trees along Bendigo Boulevard in the Snoqualmie Valley, Lulu Redder and her farmhand stand underneath two canopies, processing chickens five at a time, with Redder’s two dogs ...

An Idaho cattle company seeks to withhold nearly $11 million from a livestock supplier for allegedly charging excessive sales ...

SACRAMENTO – California lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would slap slaughterhouses with criminal penalties if they process meat from cattle and other livestock that are too sick to ...