Tyson Foods, Cargill idle US beef plants due to snowstorm
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Tyson Foods and Cargill said on Tuesday they suspended operations at beef plants in Kansas due to a massive snowstorm, reducing U.S. meat production. Disruptions at plants slashed beef production at a time prices remain high after U.S. ranchers reduced their herds. Nationwide, meatpackers slaughtered an estimated 94,000 cattle on Tuesday, down 25% from a week earlier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.