date:May 16, 2014
Cargill Meat Solutions plans to downsize the workforce at the company's Dodge City plant because of tight supplies of cattle. The final number of layoffs has not been confirmed, but local news reports say roughly 300 employees could be affected.
Our analysis of the cattle supply for the next few years projects continued tight supplies as the herd begins to rebuild from the recent drought conditions, said Mark Klein, Cargill spokesman. Aligning production with the available supply for harvest wi