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By Ellen Fike, Cowboy State Each day
Ellen@cowboystatedaily.com
Two northeastern Wyoming legislators this week praised the announcement of a potential beef processing plant in Speedy Metropolis, South Dakota.
Megan Kingsbury, a fifth-generation cattle rancher and marketing consultant, introduced that she intends to construct the nation’s largest beef plant with a capability of slaughtering 8,000 head of cattle a day, based on Reuters Information.
Sens. Ogden Driskill, R-Devils Tower, and Jeff Wasserburger, R-Gillette, instructed Cowboy State Each day on Wednesday they thought {that a} plant of this measurement could be a game-changer for beef producers in South Dakota and Wyoming.
“Wyoming has round 700,000 head of cattle within the state and I feel round 69,000 of these are on feed,” Wasserburger stated on Tuesday. “So in nearly 10 days, they might course of all of our accessible cows.”
Monopoly-Buster
Driskill was excited concerning the prospect of an unbiased processor going up in opposition to the foremost firms. He added that the plant would change the worth of hay and corn in each South Dakota and Wyoming.
In December, the White Home launched a report that explicitly said meat costs are the most important issue to the rising value of dwelling. That is partly as a result of just some giant companies dominating the meat processing market, the report stated.
“Simply 4 giant conglomerates management roughly 55-85% of the marketplace for pork, beef and poultry, and these middlemen have been utilizing their market energy to extend costs and underpay farmers, whereas taking increasingly more for themselves,” it stated.
The 4 aforementioned firms’ gross income have collectively elevated by greater than 120% since earlier than the pandemic and their internet revenue has surged by 500%.
Financial Affect
The challenge is predicted to value $1.1 billion, however isn’t slated to be operational till not less than 2026. Kingsburg instructed Reuters she expects development to start on the plant in 2023 and for the method to take about three years.
She additionally stated the plant will seemingly make use of 2,500 folks and use superior expertise seen in Europe and Asia to course of beef with much less labor.
Driskill and Wasserburger are each considerably skeptical of the numbers Kingsbury is promising with the plant, however consider that even when it have been to course of 4,000 head of cattle per day, the market within the western area would completely be impacted.
A few of their issues relate to the record-breaking variety of cattle being processed in a day, the price of the plant and the supply of high quality water and feed.
“I’m 1000% supportive of anyone that can do something of their energy to assist,” Driskill stated.
Kingsbury’s challenge would slaughter round 1,000 extra cattle per day than the present prime processor, a Tyson plant in southeastern South Dakota, based on Reuters.
4 main firms, Cargill, Tyson Meals Inc, JBS SA, and Nationwide Beef Packing Firm, slaughter about 85% of all U.S.-fed cattle, based on Reuters.
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Ashton Jeanty became Boise State’s first 2,000-yard rusher by collecting 169 yards on 19 carries as the 12th-ranked Broncos beat Wyoming 17-13 on Saturday night in Laramie, Wyo.
Jeanty, who also found the end zone once on the ground, entered the contest as the nation’s leading rusher with 1,893 yards. His big performance on Saturday helped Boise State (10-1, 7-0 Mountain West Conference) clinch a berth in the conference championship game.
The Broncos got 53 rushing yards from Jeanty during their penultimate drive of the game, which ended with Jambres Dubar rumbling across the goal line from 2 yards out for a 17-13 lead with 5:02 to go.
Wyoming (2-9, 2-5) turned the ball over on downs on its ensuing possession. It had gone up 13-10 earlier in the fourth quarter when John Hoyland made good on a 35-yard field goal with 9:03 remaining.
Maddux Madsen completed 14 of 26 passes for 168 yards for Boise State. Cameron Camper had five catches for 74 yards, while Dubar rushed for 22 yards and the touchdown on five touches.
Kaden Anderson started under center for the Cowboys, but he did not play in the second half because of an apparent injury. He had 116 yards and a TD on 9-of-14 passing prior to exiting. Evan Svoboda took over and hit on 6 of 13 passes for 87 yards.
Wyoming’s Justin Stevenson had four catches for 82 yards and a touchdown, and Jaylen Sargent finished with four receptions for 86 yards. Boise State took a 7-3 lead on a 61-yard Jeanty touchdown run with 3:40 to go in the first quarter. Jeanty cut back and sprinted down the wide side of the field for the score.
Early in the second quarter, Anderson launched a pass from the Cowboys’ logo at midfield and found a leaping Sargent for a 41-yard completion. Two plays later, Stevenson grabbed a 5-yard TD for a 10-7 lead with 9:36 to go.
As time ran out in the first half, Jonah Dalmas’ 24-yard field goal tied the game at 10.
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MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wyoming men’s cross country program finished 30th as a team with 707 points at the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Saturday.
The Cowboys were led by junior Jacob White throughout the whole race. White finished 119th with a time of 30:00.4. Following a theme of Cowboys finishing together throughout the season, senior Ryker Holtzen finished right by White in 120th, improving his placement at each 1K interval since the 7K mark, with a time of 30:01.3.
To close out his collegiate cross country career, senior Gus McIntyre came in 184th crossing the line at 30:34.9. In his first year in Wyoming, senior Dylan van der Hock finished with a time of 30:58.8 for 211th after improving his standing by nine places in the last kilometer. To close out the scoring five, senior Mason Norman grabbed 214th with a time of 31:00.8.
Two more Cowboys, and Wyoming natives, started the 10K in seniors Trevor Stephen and Asefa Wetzel. Stephen finished in a time of 31:24.4 for 233rd overall. Wetzel remained in 251st place at the 5K and 6K mark before having to step out.
As a team, the Cowboys averaged a 30:31.2 10K with individual finishes of 119-120-184-211-214 and point totals of 99-100-153-176-179.
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