Beef carcasses hang in a cooler at Wall Meat Processing in Wall, S.D. The small plant can keep up to 15 carcasses in this cooler that stays between 34-40 degrees for the 11 to 14 days they are held.

Policy makers have launched initiatives at the state and federal levels to increase meat processing capacity and industry resilience, often favoring small and medium-sized plants. But little ...

“This program is set up to provide small processors with the practical, actionable tools and knowledge necessary to navigate ...

Over the past two decades, Greg Gunthorp carved out a niche operating a small meat processing plant in northern Indiana. He sold several kinds of meat to chic Chicago and Indianapolis restaurants ...

Small meat processing plants in Nebraska and across the country are invited to apply for Nebraska Extension’s 2025 Small Meat Processor Management Training Program. With a cohort of ...

Producers and consumers flocked to small local processors — meat lockers that struggled ... then go to one of the state inspected plants for further processing. Benson still has some financing ...

For almost three decades, the Sicotte family has owned the plant in the small Delta County community ... federally inspected meat processing facility in the U.P. One requirement for maintaining ...

WALL — The small, somewhat worn meat processing plant in rural Wall seems an unlikely place for the birth of a new trend in South Dakota agriculture. But it could fundamentally change the ...