Cattle graze in a field at Otter Creek Farm on Thursday, Oct. 3, in Johnsonville. The farms sells a small number of life cattle and pigs annually to consumers who then have their animals slaughtered ...

Zimmerman Meats is a smaller meat processor in Summerville, Missouri, that recently received a $730,000 grant from the USDA’s Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program. That program was set up to ...

Farmers and ranchers raising livestock for sale face three possible paths. They can ship their animals to a feedlot, where a large company grain-finishes, processes, and cuts the meat, the most common ...

Ohio Farm Bureau’s legal team has created a members-only resource for those looking for information about rules and regulations for small-scale food businesses. The Small-Scale Food Business Guide ...

Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. EDT, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering a free webinar, “USDA Assistance for Small Scale Meat Processing — An Overview of Rural ...

Thirteen businesses will get state money this year from a fund designed to help small-scale meat processors. Iowa Economic Development Authority spokesperson Kanan Kappleman says the grants total more ...