5th-Generation Cattle Rancher Aims to Build Biggest US Beef Plant

5th-Generation Cattle Rancher Aims to Build Biggest US Beef Plant
Employee cuts fresh beef meat into large pieces at a meat processing plant in Corydon, Ind., on Jan. 31, 2022. Amira Karaoud/Reuters
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CHICAGO—A fifth-generation cattle rancher and consultant plans to build the country’s largest beef plant in South Dakota with capacity to slaughter 8,000 head of cattle a day.

The $1.1 billion project could help address the Biden administration’s concerns about rising food prices and a lack of competition in the meat sector, though it would not be up and running until at least 2026.