WAUBUN, Minn. — “We aren’t dummies,” Paul Benson said to his best friend Doyle Turner several years ago as the two discussed how they should start a business from the ground up that could be ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Driving along U.S. Highway 12 in northeastern South Dakota, you can’t miss the newest building in the town of Andover. Located in between Aberdeen and Webster, Andover has a ...

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 ...

The Biden administration, USDA, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have found something to agree on when it comes to typically divisive meatpacking industry issues. They say the next farm bill ...

Members of the Hartshorne FFA chapter, in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, now have access to a new, state-of-the-art meat processing facility and have the opportunity to become certified in meat processing upon ...

Farmland makes up half the total acreage in Washington County, Tennessee. But this rolling landscape in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains does not allow for easy planting or plowing, so ...

Benson and Turner Foods will process cattle and hogs at Waubun, Minnesota, on the White Earth Reservation with the help of a USDA grant. Paul Benson raises cattle near Waubun, Minnesota, and has ...

PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A new $1.7 million meat processing plant will soon be opened by 5 Pillar Meats, LLC, in Prince Edward County. Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced the new abattoir and red ...

ATMORE, ALA. — The Poarch Band of Creek Indians has unveiled plans to build a $15 million meat processing facility in Atmore, Ala. The tribe plans to open the facility in the spring of 2024 and have ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- After a rigorous selection process, the State of Oregon has made a substantial investment in the meat processing sector. A total of 14 Oregon-based meat processing businesses ...