A highly concentrated beef market has meant higher prices for consumers and lower returns for the people raising the animals. Some ranchers in the Midwest and Great Plains want a new option by ...

VALLEY, Wash. — Jim Paladin estimates it will cost about $25,000 to build a beef processing facility on his farm. In the meantime, he has spent about $7,000 to convert an old shop for butchering and ...

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 ...

U.S. agribusiness Cargill will permanently close its beef processing facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and eliminate 221 jobs, according to a filing with the state, the latest U.S. beef plant to be ...

Just four companies dominate about 85% of the beef processing market, which means higher prices for consumers and lower returns for the people raising the animals. Some ranchers and cattle feeders are ...

If you want to cook a pot roast for Sunday supper, choice-grade beef from a typical North Texas grocery store will cost you about $10 per pound. The price of beef has been rising, more or less ...