AG Week

Meat processing is at the heart of this rural Minnesota town's revitalization

WAUBUN, Minn. — “We aren’t dummies,” Paul Benson said to his best friend Doyle Turner several years ago as the two discussed how they should start a business from the ground up that could be ...
KRQE Blogs

Meat processing facility to open in Taos

TAOS, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico ranchers will soon have an easier way to get their beef to tables locally and across the U.S. through a meat processing facility in Taos, the first of its kind for the ...
AG Week

Meat processing demand builds education and business opportunities in rural Minnesota

STAPLES, Minn. — Parker Witulski grew up in agriculture in southeast Nebraska and wanted to find a way to stay in agriculture in his career path. When he turned 16, he landed a job at a local meat ...
The Journal

High Plains region recipient of USDA meat processing grants

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced July 11 that the Biden-Harris administration is making investments that will strengthen American food supply chains, increase independent ...
OPB

Hillsboro butcher shop gets federal funding to expand meat processing

In 2022, the shop received a grant from the Oregon Department of Agriculture as part of a state meat inspection program. Processing meat in Oregon can help producers save time and money. The Meating ...
Civil Eats

This Farmer-Owned Meat Processing Co-op in Tennessee Changes the Game

Farmland makes up half the total acreage in Washington County, Tennessee. But this rolling landscape in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains does not allow for easy planting or plowing, so ...