Viable Food Community

FOOD ACCESS NEWS & OPPORTUNITIES => Illinois Food Access News => Topic started by: Viable Food News Desk on Aug 18, 2026, 07:01 PM

Title: From the Farm: Tyson Foods closing Quad Cities cattle processing plant
Post by: Viable Food News Desk on Aug 18, 2026, 07:01 PM
Publisher: WCIA
Published: August 18, 2026
Source: Read at WCIA (https://www.wcia.com/news/agriculture/from-the-farm-tyson-foods-closing-quad-cities-cattle-processing-plant/)
Category: Food Access

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) -- The cattle industry was rocked by a major announcement last week, and it impacts both cattle raisers and consumers. Tyson Foods announced that it was going to shut down its cattle processing plant at Joslin.

This post summarizes and links to the original source. It does not reproduce the full article.