Northern Beef Packers announced today that it has filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 business reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Dakota.

The Northern Beef Packers plant in the northern South Dakota city of Aberdeen is delaying worker paychecks because of financial woes.

Program designed to establish strict standards and benefit cattle and producers

When you start with quality, USDA Choice, native beef from a select purveyor such as Davis Creeks, use top-secret specifications and time-tested aging techniques, and top it all off with melted garlic butter, you've got the perfect sirloin, right?

Indeed, USDA recently published new proposed rules requiring meat processors to properly label mechanically tenderized meat products.

South Dakota Beef Industry Council (SDBIC) directors toured the Northern Beef Packers (NBP) facility in Aberdeen.

Safeway is donating a large mobile grilling unit valued at approximately $50,000, which contains nearly 1,800-cubic-feet of grilling space on wheels.

For more than 90 years, Freirich Foods, Salisbury, N.C., has been helping people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with delicious corned beef. Freirich’s corned beef is synonymous with America’s favorite “green” holiday, which is the company’s busiest time of year.

The checkoff’s consumer-facing BeefItsWhatsForDinner.com has a new look and functionality to continue to help educate consumers on how to purchase, prepare and enjoy beef.

The meat of healthy cattle is sterile and surrounded by two areas that are highly contaminated with microorganisms. These areas are the hide and the intestinal tract.