Month: August 2023

Tyson Foods to shut four US chicken plants in blow to small towns

Tyson Foods to shut four US chicken plants in blow to small towns Tom Polansek Updated Mon, August 7, 2023 at 12:57 PM MDT·3 min read FILE PHOTO: Tyson Fresh Meats processing plant is seen three days after a fire heavily damaged the facility in the Finney County town of Holcomb By Tom Polansek CHICAGO…



Cattle Group Applauds Reps. Hageman and Khanna for Introducing Mandatory COOL Bill for Beef in U.S. House

Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this news release on Facebook here or view the web version here. Cattle Group Applauds Reps. Hageman and Khanna for Introducing Mandatory COOL Bill for Beef in U.S. House BILLINGS, Mont., August 4, 2023 – Last Friday U.S. Reps. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) and…



Ranchers got tired of Big Beef taking their profits. So they’re starting their own processing plant

Harvest Public Media | By Elizabeth Rembert Published August 1, 2023 at 4:00 AM CDT Trey Wasserburger looks out at a pen of cattle from his pickup. He works at this feed yard alongside his father-in-law in Nebraska. It takes three years of work to raise cattle before they get to the feedlot, then they need…



NFL Hall of Famer turned Alabama farmer John Hannah struggles to keep cattle farm as Congress debates Farm Bill

NFL Hall of Famer turned Alabama farmer John Hannah struggles to keep cattle farm as Congress debates Farm Bill Erica Thomas | 07.31.23 Alabama farmers have been hit hard in today’s economy, and John Hannah, Crimson Tide football legend and NFL Hall of Famer turned Alabama farmer, says he knows firsthand. Hannah is known as…