Hard decisions ahead for pork producers, Nebraska Pork Producers Association Executive Director says

SUMNER — There is no quarantine at Beattie Family Farms west of Sumner, no furloughs, no days off and almost no time to think when there are c…

Effects of the pandemic have hit beef producers hard. Many have been forced to change the way they feed and market their cattle, and trying to…

LINCOLN — Nebraska farmers’ planting progress continued to outpace last year and the five-year average by the end of last week with 91 percent…

While the pigs for the Pork Cares Campaign are being donated by Nebraska pork producers, the group is seeking donations to help with transport…

The plant, which employs 4,300 people, will close from Friday to Monday.

The head of the union representing JBS workers says that while the safety measures put in place could have come earlier, they seem to be makin…

hutdowns and slowdowns at meatpacking plants because of the coronavirus pandemic are starting to lead to much higher meat prices and even shor…

In Douglas County, 392 workers in meatpacking plants have tested positive for the virus. 

The spread of coronavirus has caused processing plants to close or reduce operations. That's left those who raise hogs and cattle stuck with a…

The Omaha and Lincoln metro areas, as well as many rural parts of the state, all show COVID-19 rates well below national and state averages.

Outbreaks at food and meat processing facilities have sickened workers and forced plants to temporarily shut down.