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New Trump rules will make meat processing a lot deadlier

The country’s poultry and swine processing plants, already incredibly dangerous workplaces, are poised to get a green light from the Trump administration to vastly speed up the work. In February, the ...
STAPLES, Minn. — Parker Witulski grew up in agriculture in southeast Nebraska and wanted to find a way to stay in agriculture in his career path. When he turned 16, he landed a job at a local meat ...
The “dead time” during the vacuum and sealing process created a bottleneck that trickled down the entire production line. However, the transition to a Double Chamber Vacuum Packaging Machine ...
A recent bill authored by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Cal.) seeks to address the enormous power gap in the meat sector and make processing plants safer for workers. The bill has ...
The USDA-certified plant employs 21 people and has processed more than 1 million pounds of hanging weight since opening.
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 ...
Wall Meat Processing has locations in both Wall and Rapid City and after receiving a $3.3 million grant from the USDA, they plan to expand and continue their work. Wall Meat Processing started to ...
This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. WALL, S.D. –The 2,400 square-foot Wall Meat Processing plant is ...