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It’s Starting: Why Recent Processing Plant, Farm Closures Signal Major Consolidation is Now Underway for Pork and Poultry
Shulz says while last week’s announcements are a sign of consolidation, trouble started showing up in 2021 when Smithfield announced the closure of a 10,000 head a day pork processing facility ...
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New SD Pork Process Plant Faces Opposition
A new pork plant is planned for South Dakota that ... They’ve also evolved in producer-owned processing. Wholestone Farms wants to build a more than $500 million plant on this 170 acre parcel ...
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USDA says pig, poultry workers have high injury risk at certain processing speeds, staffing levels
About half of workers at pork processing plants, like the JBS slaughterhouse in Worthington, Minn., are at high risk of developing musculoskeletal diseases. (Elizabeth Flores/The Minnesota Star ...