Marfrig Global Foods, Brazil, acquired 51% of the membership interests in National Beef Packing Co., LLC, Kansas City, Mo., for $969 million.

Cargill Protein, Wichita, Kan., is investing $4.2 million at its Columbia, S.C., plant to expand grinding capabilities for beef customers across the eastern United States.

Dunbia selected always-on availability software from Stratus Technologies, Maynard, Mass., to ensure applications will continue to run regardless of any hardware failure.

John Soules Foods, Tyler, Texas, purchased a 266,000-square-foot facility in Valley, Ala.

National Beef Packing Co., LLC, Kansas City, Mo., announced plans to expand capacity to its consumer-ready products plant in Moultrie, Ga.

Nolan Ryan Beef, the company and brand owned by Major League Baseball Hall of Famer and Texas rancher Nolan Ryan, is relocating its headquarters to Round Rock, Texas.

OSI Group, LLC, Aurora, Ill., announced that OSI Food Solutions Spain added a high-capacity production line to its existing operation in Toledo, Spain.

Cargill was named the exclusive producer of the Simply Essentials brand of premium Black Angus beef products.