South Dakota beef industry sees potential in small, local meat plants
TROY HADRICK AND FAMILY --Troy Hadrick, second from left, poses for a portrait with his wife and three children, who are all part of a multi- generational farm and ranch legacy in South Dakota. The family -- Olivia, Troy, Stacy, Teigen and Reese -- is working as a team to build a meat processing plant near their home in Faulkton, S.D. ~ Courtesy Photo
By Bart Pfankuch South Dakota News Watch
The small, somewhat worn meat processing plant in rural Wall seems an unlikely place for the birth of a new trend in South Dakota agriculture. But it could fundamentally change the economic landscape for the state’s $1 billion annual beef cattle industry.
The 2,400 square-foot Wall Meat Processing plant is the current home base of an aggressive, innovative new ownership team that has plans to revolutionize how South Dakota ranchers get their animals processed and expand opportunities for local consumers to buy meat raised almost in their own backyards. For more on this story and many more please purchase a copy of the Sisseton Courier on news stands now or purchase a copy of the E-edtion on this website.
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