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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 organizing their own processing plants.
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Months after the Biden administration announced a plan to promote competition in the economy, the U.S. Department of Agriculture promises new regulations…
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Emilia Marroquin has experienced first hand just how much Storm Lake has changed in the past two decades.On a driving tour of the town, she points to a…
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Amner Martinez still doesn't really know all the details from when his 74-year-old father Concepcion got really sick with COVID-19 near the beginning of…
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COVID struck meatpacking plants more than a year ago. But worker safety is still a contentious issueIn late October, Debbie Berkowitz, a worker safety and health expert and former senior policy advisor for the Occupational Safety and Health…
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Updated July 9, 12:09 p.m.: President Joe Biden issued an executive order on Friday directing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to make rules to...
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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of meatpacking plants across the country have struggled to contain outbreaks. Many of the hardest-hit...
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Large meatpacking plants across the country shut down after outbreaks of COVID-19 among employees, causing supply chain disruptions for farmers, ranchers,…
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Their Parents Fear For Their Jobs, So Children Of Meatpacking Workers Speak Out On COVID-19 For ThemNebraska’s largest COVID-19 hotspots are meatpacking areas with deep immigrant roots. But many workers feel they can’t speak out about ongoing concerns...
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Like many of the refugees who have resettled in Greeley, Colorado, 35-year-old Abul Basar is employed by JBS. It’s a massive meatpacking plant that...