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Drought forces closure of Texas beef plant

Drought is forcing the closure of another meat packing plant.  The L&H Packing Company will close its San Antonio beef plant on August 15th.  Company officials blame the exceptional drought in Texas and shrinking cattle supplies.  Meatingplace says the plant’s closure leaves 325 employees out of work.

L&H joins the growing list of packers to close plants because of the drought. Last week Cargill announced the closure of its Milwaukee beef plant, and in early 2013 closed its Plainview, Texas, facility. National Beef closed its Brawley, California plant. Other drought-related closures included San Angelo Beef Packing in Texas, and Martin’s Abattoir and Wholesale Meats’ in North Carolina.

Employees at the L&H plant will get assistance finding work and many will be offered jobs at L&H sister companies, Surlean Foods and New Earth, which are experiencing record growth.

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