Seven national organizations and members of the Beef Checkoff Enhancement Working Group (BCEWG), Denver, Colo., signed a revised Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding agreed-upon enhancements to the national Beef Checkoff Program.
Amarillo, Texas-based Caviness Beef Packers formed a joint venture with J.R. Simplot Co., Boise, Idaho, to build a new beef processing plant in Kuna, Idaho.
Australian beef processor Kilcoy Pastoral Co. (KPC) reached a definitive agreement to buy what is said to be Chicago’s oldest operating beef processor, Ruprecht Co., Mundelein, Ill.
OSI Group, Aurora, Ill., joined forces with UK-based Pickstock Telford, Ltd. to assure a steady supply of quality beef to OSI’s further processing operations in Europe.
