A monthly column written for Beef Central by US meat and livestock industry commentator, Steve Kay, publisher of US Cattle Buyers Weekly
WHO doesn’t dream of building a new, state-of-the art beef processing plant? As it happens, plenty of people in the US do.
Spurred by the perceived lack of slaughter capacity during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than seven groups over the past 18 months announced plans to build a new beef processing plant.
There’s one huge glitch however in their plans. The US industry never had a capacity shortage.
I calculate that the largest 70…
