A new beef processor in Missouri is trying to take on the labor shortage that is affecting processors across the country and contributing to low cattle prices.
Stacy Davies, co-owner of Missouri Prime Beef Packing Plant in southwest Missouri’s Pleasant Hope, says wages have been going higher and higher.
“Across the board raises of $3.00 an hour. So, Tyson, JBS, Cargill, smaller plants just immediately giving $3.00 an hour wage increases, signing bonuses, moving bonuses, retention bonuses.”
Davies says his facility is paying workers an extra dollar an hour for 100% attendance.
