When COVID-19 outbreaks forced mass shutdowns of large slaughterhouses last year, it led to an overwhelming surge in demand for small meat processors in Wisconsin. Many of those operations remain ...

In July, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $500 million in new funds to expand meat processing capacity across the U.S., funds designed to be used to help small and medium processing operations.

There are two halves to Philly’s Dietz & Watson plant. On one side, all the meat is already cooked and cooled. Scores of workers ferry slabs of roast beef pork or bundles of hot dogs from speed racks ...

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