Leading meat processor is closing two beef facilities.

National Black Farmers Association founder John Boyd Jr. says farmers want more independence but lack the facilities for safe meat processing.

WASHINGTON — After nearly a year since the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a commitment to rebuilding the US beef herd amid a 75-year low, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins unveiled details of the Ranchers First Initiative on Aug. 31, which includes five main strategic actions to strengthen the beef industry.

Tyson Foods plans to lay off more than 1,700 shift workers at its beef processing plant in Amarillo, Texas, early next year as the U.S. meat industry faces tight cattle supplies and labor woes. Tyson also announced last week it would close a major beef ...

President Donald Trump has a new idea that’s pretty much certain to make Americans sicker—and it’s all thanks to Glenn Beck. In a post on Truth Social Friday morning Trump called the Big Four meat-processing companies a “nasty Monopoly,

The meat giant will sell or end operations at three facilities and lay off at least 2,500 workers as the company struggles to overcome heavy losses.