Packing Plants

Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) and Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), introduced the Amplifying Processing of Livestock in the United States (A-PLUS) Act. If enacted, the bill would remove a regulatory barrier …

Meat processing companies and union officials tell Reuters that rising COVID-19 infections among workers are once again forcing meat plants to slow production and the government to replace slaughter inspectors. …

Current cattle market conditions present a lot of frustration to cattle producers. Boxed beef prices are on the rise, back to their highest levels since June of 2020. However, cattle …

In the last few years, it’s become evident that the beef industry needs more processing capacity. That only became more clear this spring, when a bottleneck in U.S. cattle processing …

Throughout the COVID outbreak, the processing component of the beef supply chain has presented a bottleneck in getting beef products to consumers.  This is because, this is the segment of …

The reduction of meat processing capacity caused by U.S. plant closures and slowdowns has created a massive bottleneck in the nation’s meat and livestock supply chain. Nearly two dozen plants …

The U.S. meat industry has entered uncharted waters with the COVID-19 pandemic and now the closure of processing facilities threatens to further exacerbate the situation. COVID-19 infections are affecting labor …