date:Apr 01, 2013
The meat and poultry industry faced a tough 2012, marked by historic drought conditions, rising feed costs and a national cattle shortage, according to Meat Poultry magazine, a publication owned and operated by Sosland Publishing, the parent company of Food Business News.
Market challenges led to plant closures for some top processors, including Cargill Meat Solutions, which earlier this year announced plans to cease operations at its Plainview, Texas, beef plant.
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