JBS to close meat plants in manufacturing reshuffle

The company plans to lay off at least 2,000 workers as it shutters a Pennsylvania beef processing facility and makes changes ...
KWCH

Small, local meat-processing plants feel pressure from big plant closures

Meatpacking plants around the country have closed their doors or limited production because of COVID-19 concerns. The order uses the Defense Production Act to classify meat processing as critical ...
AG Week

Meat processing demand builds education and business opportunities in rural Minnesota

STAPLES, Minn. — Parker Witulski grew up in agriculture in southeast Nebraska and wanted to find a way to stay in agriculture in his career path. When he turned 16, he landed a job at a local meat ...
The Conversation

Where’s the meat? Employers and governments should have seen this supply crisis coming, and done something

Australia Day barbecues are under threat as Omicron infections continue to cripple meat-processing operations. Most off the menu are chicken dishes. Australia’s biggest poultry processor Ingham’s ...
NL Times

Dutch meat sector again promises improvement after new threat to ban foreign workers

The Dutch meat industry has once again promised to improve working conditions in slaughterhouses and meat processing plants, ...
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Memphis meat company to close, affecting 208 jobs

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis meat processing plant will close permanently, affecting over 200 jobs, company officials said ...
MEAT+POULTRY

Wisconsin meat processors receive 2026 grants

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) and Governor Tony Evers announced 18 Wisconsin ...
AG Week

Wall Meat Processing plans to expand in western South Dakota with USDA Grant

Wall Meat Processing has locations in both Wall and Rapid City and after receiving a $3.3 million grant from the USDA, they plan to expand and continue their work. Wall Meat Processing started to ...
MyJoyOnline

Tafo Zongo hopes new abattoir will transform meat processing

For years, many residents of Tafo Zongo and surrounding communities have relied on makeshift slaughter points to prepare ...