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Inside the horrific conditions of early meat-packing factories

In 1906, Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle, about conditions in industrial meat packing plants, was published. It was a ...
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Too Many Plants, Not Enough Cattle: Inside the Beef Packing Capacity Squeeze

JBS USA’s decision to inject $30 million into its Souderton, Pa., facility — reversing a planned closure to transition the historic site from a slaughterhouse into a case-ready packaging plant — is ...
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High Fixed Costs Drive Beef Packing Plant Closures

LUBBOCK, Texas (RFD News) — Persistent losses and high fixed costs are forcing the beef packing industry to reduce capacity as cattle supplies remain tight. Colorado State University economist Stephen ...
High Plains Journal

Beef packers adjusting to low cattle inventory

In the past year, ranchers have been keeping tabs on the packing industry, as noted in recent headlines in the High Plains Journal. “Tyson to realign its beef network” “Cargill beef plant lockout ends ...
Capital Press

Tyson to sell WA beef plant, close facilities in Illinois, Utah

Tyson Foods announced it will look for a buyer for its Pasco, Wash., beef plant as part of a restructuring that also includes closing meat processing plants in Illinois and Utah. The Pasco plant, ...