Articles Tagged with ''beef processing''

Australian beef processor Kilcoy Pastoral Co. (KPC) reached a definitive agreement to buy what is said to be Chicago’s oldest operating beef processor, Ruprecht Co., Mundelein, Ill.

OSI Group, Aurora, Ill., joined forces with UK-based Pickstock Telford, Ltd. to assure a steady supply of quality beef to OSI’s further processing operations in Europe.

National Beef Packing Co., Kansas City, Mo., announced plans to close its Brawley, Calif., beef processing facility.

JBS USA, Greeley, Colo., announced the opening of a state-of-the-art distribution center at its beef processing plant in Grand Island, Neb.

Foster Farms, Livingston, Calif., may be putting a $40 million bid for Pilgrim's Pride Corp.'s poultry operation in Farmersville, La.

JBS S.A., Sao Paulo, Brazil, named 30-year beef industry veteran Rich Vesta as president and chief operating officer at JBS USA LLC, Greeley, Colo.

The Columbus (Neb.) Telegram reported that Cargill Value Added Meats, Wichita, Kan., will purchase Lopez Foods' beef processing plant in Columbus, Neb.

Smithfield Foods Inc., Smithfield, Va., said it completed its previously announced sale of Smithfield Beef, its beef processing and cattle feeding operation, to Brazilian meat giant JBS S.A.

Keystone Foods LLC, West Conshohocken, Pa., expects to double frozen chicken and beef processing once it relocates from a 75,000-sq.-ft. plant in Gadsden, Ala., to a larger 184,000-sq.-ft. facility.