There was one election this week that was like Milwaukee voting to ban breweries or Hersey, PA, putting the kibosh on chocolate makers. It was in Sioux Falls, SD, where an ordinance to prohibit permitting of new slaughterhouses was on Tuesday’s ballot.
It failed with voters rejecting the measure by
Continue Reading Sioux Falls voters clear a path for the new pork processing facility
Meat production this week is up about 3 percent compared with the previous week, according to market reports by SiriusXM’s Rural Radio. That’s still off by as much as a third from a year ago. The numbers are causing some retailers to ration fresh meat purchases or risk selling out
Continue Reading Sonny Perdue’s predictions about meat production recoveries could be coming true
COVID-19 has forced the closures of the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, SD, and the JBS USA beef plant in Greeley, CO.
Smithfield on Easter Sunday announced the former John Morrell plant in Sioux Falls, one of the largest pork processing facilities in the U.S., would be
Continue Reading Two large meat facilities shutdown because of too many employee COVID-19 cases
