Discussing The Need...for more government support of farmers who take part in soil conservation programs are Robert Young, Pottawattamie County farmer, and U.S. Sen. John Culver, D-Iowa. Culver and area soil conservationists met at Young's farm to…
The IBP plant at 2700 23rd Ave. in Council Bluffs is one of the company's three pork slaughtering and processing sites in Iowa. IBP officials used a $738,000 Iowa community economic betterment account grant to increase the work force at the plant by…
IBP Inc. employees were ready for work Tuesday morning. About 200 reported for hog slaughtering operations at the plant, located at 2700 Twenty-third Ave. IBP announced reopening plans in March, but a targeted mid-June starting date was delayed to…
Robert Peterson, IBP Inc. chairman, shakes the hand of Gov. Terry Branstad during a Saturday press conference. Branstad was on hand for the plant reopening announcement and subsequent tour.
Scheduled To Close . . . is the Victor Iowa Pack pork plant at 2700 Twenty-third Ave. Company officials say operations will cease next week. The photo shows the back of the plant where trucks unload hogs.
Welcoming . . . Ben Goehring, president of Goehring Meat Inc., to Council Bluffs is Mayor David Christiansen, standing. Gov. Robert Ray also attended the press conference held at Lakeshore Country Club.
Construction Of A New Facility . . . for boxed beef storage and handling, shown at the far left of this artist's conception, will begin Monday at Great Plains Beef. The $2 million facility, when completed in January, will employ about 50 people and…