The HMSA applies to the roughly 166 million livestock killed each year at approximately 800 federally inspected slaughter plants, and to a much smaller number of animals killed at approximately 1,900 ...

But anything that keeps certain plants offline will make that particular challenge worse.” He says the longer his goes on, the bigger weight it will have on slaughter capacity and cattle prices ...

Residents of Denver voted on whether or not to prohibit the slaughter of livestock in the city ... is home to the second largest lamb processing plant in America. So for us, it was a huge issue ...

Growing unease over seasonal prospects in some parts of the country has seen the momentum in early-season slaughter cattle ...