Agribusiness  June 3, 2021

JBS Greeley plant employees return to work

GREELEY — After missing shifts this week due to the impacts of a cyberattack, employees at JBS USA Inc.’s Greeley beef processing plant are back to normal working hours Thursday, according to their union.

The United Food & Commercial Workers International could not say whether the same will be the case on Friday. 

JBS, which owns Greeley-based Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (Nasdaq: PPC), was hit on Sunday with a cyberattack that brought operations at its slaughterhouses to a standstill and threatened the global supply of beef, which had already seen prices inflate in recent weeks. 

“JBS USA and Pilgrim’s are a critical part…

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A Maryland native, Lucas has worked at news agencies from Wyoming to South Carolina before putting roots down in Colorado.
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