Agribusiness  June 7, 2019

JBS invests $95M in beef-production facility

GREELEY — JBS USA, a Greeley-based meatpacking giant, recently announced plans to invest $95 million in an expansion project at the company’s Grand Island, Nebraska, beef-processing facility.

The 107,000-square-foot expansion will include “new, improved animal handling facilities, a state-of-the-art, temperature-controlled harvest floor and facility reconfiguration designed to improve team member experience, food safety and product quality,” according to a JBS news release.

The Grand Island facility produces nearly 1 billion pounds of beef annually, the release said.

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“JBS Grand Island has been a standard-bearer for American beef for over half a century,” plant manager Zack Ireland said in a prepared statement. “Our team sends the best U.S. beef products the country has to offer to customers both domestically and globally. Today’s announcement strengthens our long-standing commitment to local farmers and ranchers, our team members, key customers and the community of Grand Island, whose support has been critical to our ongoing success.”

GREELEY — JBS USA, a Greeley-based meatpacking giant, recently announced plans to invest $95 million in an expansion project at the company’s Grand Island, Nebraska, beef-processing facility.

The 107,000-square-foot expansion will include “new, improved animal handling facilities, a state-of-the-art, temperature-controlled harvest floor and facility reconfiguration designed to improve team member experience, food safety and product quality,” according to a JBS news release.

The Grand Island facility produces nearly 1 billion pounds of beef annually, the release said.

“JBS Grand Island has been a standard-bearer for American beef for over half a century,” plant manager Zack Ireland said in a prepared statement. “Our team…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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