Ocala native Matt Rudnianyn recently purchased the 60,000-square-foot Fort McCoy Meat processing plant and surrounding ranch.

Co-founders Rusty Kemp and Kirk Olson were first in line to deliver cattle early Wednesday morning as Sustainable Beef LLC began processing in its brand-new North Platte meatpacking plant.

RICHFIELD — A new cattle processing plant in central Utah is expected to improve the state's food supply chain. "You bet I feel pressure," Henry Barlow said. "I don't sleep well, but it's OK." ...

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 ...