Beef Co-Op One Step
Closer To Reality
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) A planned beef
processing plant in the Black Hills is apparently a step
closer to reality.
Representatives from Northern Plains Premium Beef and
the U.S. Department of Agriculture met last week to work
on details of the partnership.
Officials said the plant should be up and running by
October 1999, employing 150 to 200 people and processing
130,000 head of cattle a year.
Since the company is a producer-owned cooperative, it
needs a business plan that keeps in mind the interests of
its members.
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