$100 Million Joint-Venture Beef Plant Opens in Idaho

A cattle harvest and processing plant first announced by partners Caviness Beef Packers and J.R. Simplot Co. in early 2015 has opened for business in Kuna, ID.  The opening is about six months after the scheduled opening.  The CS Beef Packers joint venture near Boise is a 370,000-sq.-ft. facility that is expected to eventually process as many as 1,700 head per day, eliminating the need for local ranches and farms to move their herds hundreds of miles to other packing plants.

The new plant also is expected to bring a total of 700 jobs to the area when it reaches full capacity.

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