03/08/2010 03:21PM
The Omaha World-Herald reports a Nebraska group has approached the OSHA
to ensure worker safety by regulating work flow at meatpacking plants.
03/08/2010 07:32AM
Some Obama administration officials have made clear their unease with the increasing control a handful of corporations have over the nation's food supply, and this week in Iowa they could show whether they are serious about changing the system.w
03/01/2010 04:43PM
University of Nebraska alumnus and cattleman Paul F. Engler of
Amarillo, Texas, announced today a $20 million gift to support programs
in agri-business at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
03/01/2010 03:13PM
A Florida-based hamburger company announced Monday that it will buy the closed Armour-Eckrich meat plant in Hastings, bringing 200 new jobs to the southern Nebraska town
02/23/2010 10:07AM
Voting for the 2010 Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame inductees is open on the organization’s new Web site, www.cattlefeeders.org. This year, the second year of nominations, the five nominees continue to represent the principles upon which the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame was built – great contributions supported by pride and tradition.
02/19/2010 01:56PM
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.0 million head on February 1, 2010. The inventory was 3 percent below February 1, 2009.