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Ranchers in Nebraska are rebelling against the “Big Four” meat companies by planning their own beef processing plant. They’re seeking a transformation for themselves, the industry and western Nebraska.
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Four decades ago, a town in Kansas and a town in Colorado competed to become home to a giant meatpacking plant that, at the time, was the largest of its kind in the world. Here’s what has happened to them since.
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A ransomware attack shut down JBS plants across the country.
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Some ranchers and lawmakers want to see more than federal assistance after losses caused by coronavirus disruptions. They hope COVID-19 is a tipping point for long-standing complaints about price transparency and consolidation within the beef industry.
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Consider humble ground beef, the stuff of hamburgers, meatballs, chili and pasta sauce. The fattier meat usually costs less, but the global pandemic has made ground beef prices anything but usual.
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Tyson Fresh Meats plans to reopen the Holcomb, Kansas, beef packing plant partially destroyed by a weekend fire — it’s just not sure when. Tyson said in...
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Wrens chirp and butterflies fly between clover blossoms in a pasture in northeast Nebraska. It’s a serene scene until Dave Wright calls his cows and...
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If fast food is an American ritual, the hamburger is our "secular wafer." That's according to the author of a new book, Drive Thru Dreams. He says the…
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GARDEN CITY — Nearly all American cattle spend their final months in massive feedlots, munching on feed designed to fatten them for slaughter. But not...
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Segment 1: Kansas women share stories of life on the range.More women are running ranches in America, according to a recent New York Times article. So…
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Cargill Meat Solutions is recalling hundreds of thousands of pounds ground beef products following an E.coli outbreak that caused one death and 17...
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Farm filmingNearly two decades ago, Kansas became the first state to outlaw the unauthorized filming of farms, animal research labs or meatpacking…