President Trump directed Friday that legal documents be drafted so farmers and ranchers can process and sell their own meat.

A proposal to allow farmers and ranchers to process their own animals immediately drew criticism from agriculture groups over food safety concerns.

President Trump is signing two orders Friday that aim to address concerns of ranchers as he faces a backlash in the industry over a policy move.

Smithfield Foods said Monday it would spend up to $1.3 billion over the next three years on a new combined packaged meats and pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The highly automated ...

President Donald Trump said Friday that he will make it easier for ranchers to process their own meat, in an effort to weaken the control the nation’s four largest meatpacking firms have over the ...

Trump’s pledge to help ranchers process and sell more of their own meat puts industry concentration and food-safety rules back at the center of a political fight. The details of any regulatory change ...

Nebraska group offers on-site beef processing equipment A group of ranchers in Nebraska is working on bringing meat ...

National Black Farmers Association founder John Boyd Jr. says farmers want more independence but lack the facilities for safe meat processing.

Star Meat Delivery did not complete the requirements necessary to process food, the Agriculture Department said.