Beef packing plants have closed. Regional cattle buyers have disappeared. Workers have lost jobs, and cattle producers are dealing with the loss of nearby markets. The damage is well underway.

Tyson is pursuing a sale of its Wallula Gap beef plant, with no buyer identified. The Wallula Gap plant employs 1,400 workers and anchors Walla Walla County jobs. The plant processes about 2,000 head ...

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 ...

Meat inspectors at a processing plant inspect a side of beef. (USDA photo) With U.S. cattle numbers at their lowest since 1951, meat processors have been forced to pay more for a shrinking supply of ...

Tyson Foods is staying quiet about the prospective sale of Washington’s largest beef packing plant. With little information to go on Washington’s $5.8 billion beef industry is watching nervously and ...