As slaughterhouses (euphemistically called “meat processing plants”) across the United States shutter due to COVID-19 outbreaks, President Trump has announced plans to order them to stay open. But ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel has voted to lift a ban on slaughtering horses at meat processing plants. The move by the House Appropriations Committee would reverse a horse slaughter ban that was ...

For Pennsylvania rancher Michael Kovach, the lack of slaughter facilities near his farm has been a burden for many years. Kovach sells his pork, beef, lamb and chicken onsite at his own farm stand.

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ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) – The owner of a New Mexico slaughterhouse is defending his plan to become the first plant in the nation since 2007 to handle horses after an outcry from politicians and animal ...

This time last year, Tyrone Gustafson’s small Iowa slaughterhouse and butchering facility, Story City Locker, was operating at about 80 percent capacity. Today, he estimates the demand has surged to ...

Stafford’s Custom Meats Inc. is now open for USDA processing and slaughtering at their facility at 70761 Highway 82, serving ranchers and the communities of Northeast Oregon and Southeast Washington.

CHICAGO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - One of America’s leading pig slaughterhouses is running faster than ever as meatpackers hustle to keep pork in grocery stores during the COVID-19 pandemic. Plant worker ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order under the Defense Production Act to compel meat processing plants to remain open amid the coronavirus pandemic. Trump had highlighted the order during ...

A House panel has voted to lift a ban on slaughtering horses at meat processing plants. The move by the House Appropriations Committee would reverse a horse slaughter ban that was contained in a huge ...