Wisconsin
Closure will affect 221 employees, with layoffs starting April 11 and the grind facility closing around May 31.
In addition to increasing carcass counts, wolves decrease reproduction rates, weaning weights, calf health and human well-being — costs often uncompensated or uncounted.
Auction barn license fees would increase nearly 1,700% as state ag department cites program deficits.
The availability of livestock workers was ranked as more limited than crop workers and finding long-term help seen as more difficult than temporary help due to the seasonal nature of the ag industry.
Three Florida men have been arrested for stealing semi-loads of frozen beef and pork from packing plants across the Midwest since June 2021.
The first of two trials for a Missouri man accused of killing two Wisconsin brothers is scheduled for Sept. 26, 2022. Garland Joseph Nelson has been held without bond since his arrest in July of 2019.
A Missouri man accused of murdering two Wisconsin brothers last year is seeking a new judge and a change of venue for his trial.