In Fort Pierre, South Dakota, a new beef packing plant is opening. The processing facility is owned by U.S. Beef Producers. Continental Marketing owner Kim Ulmer said the last few weeks have been busy with processing. “We’ve processed about 22 head so far with the South Dakota status of not for sale custom kill. That means we can be like a local locker plant and you can bring it in where we process it; that’s the first step towards getting USDA certified.” The investors set a goal to turn out USDA-inspected beef by the end of May. As of last week, the plant is still waiting for that stamp of approval. Once the plant is running well, Ulmer said they may add a second processing site in the eastern side of the state near Huron.
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