With the growing demand for local and humanely raised meats, pasture-based farmers have new market opportunities to become viable businesses. But the dearth of inspected slaughter and processing ...

Farmers who want to process their cattle into meat they can sell on the market have to travel two hours away to do so. Johnny Knott, president of the St. Mary’s County Farm Bureau, wants to start a ...

STAPLES, Minn. — Parker Witulski grew up in agriculture in southeast Nebraska and wanted to find a way to stay in agriculture in his career path. When he turned 16, he landed a job at a local meat ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced July 11 that the Biden-Harris administration is making investments that will strengthen American food supply chains, increase independent ...

For years, Greg Wierschke built up the nation’s only mobile, federally approved poultry slaughter unit in the country, processing birds across rural Minnesota. Now with a $1 million infusion, he’s ...

BROOTEN, Minn. — Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, outbreaks at large meat processing facilities thrust small businesses like Jenniges Meat Processing into the spotlight. “I think our two lines rang for ...

COBLESKILL - The farm to table movement has found an outlet at the State University of New York at Cobleskill where a one of a kind course has been developed that is attracting students from across ...