Agri Beef Announces Plans To Open Jerome, ID facility

Agri Beef announced last week, plans to build a new plant in south-central Idaho and hire 400 workers. The beef processing company announced Friday plans to build the plant that will operate as True West Beef in Jerome and will be able to process 500 cattle a day.

The company said the plant will work directly with livestock producers who will have an equity ownership in the facility. The company said its workers make about $52,000 annually.

With an educated and motivated workforce, access to plentiful agricultural resources, and a vibrant community with a can-do spirit, Jerome and Idaho checked the box for everything we were looking for,” Agri Beef Executive Vice President of Business Development Wade Small said in a statement.

The company already owns a mid-sized processing plant in the Moses Lake area, and since 1968 has operated feedlots in Idaho.

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