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Deering: Valley Oaks circumstances ‘slap in the face’
The owners of
a western Missouri cattle and beef company have announced they’re leaving the
beef processing business after a long and costly fight to expand it.
Valley Oaks Steak Company applied last year to expand from feeding 999 head of
cattle to feeding 6,999 head of cattle. That permit was denied w hen neighbors
and a botanical garden raised opposition. On a Facebook post Valley Oaks said
that it’s the
target of fearmongering and will give up beef processing. Mike Deering with th e
Missouri Cattlemen’s Association tells Brownfield the circumstances surrounding
Valley Oaks doesn’t bode well for Missouri agriculture.
“This is a slap in the face,” Deering told Brownfield Ag News, “not just to
this family, but also to the farm and ranch families in the state that want to
bring the next generation back to the farm and be able to add value and keep
that value in the state instead of exporting the value out of state.”
Although Valley Oaks is leaving the beef processing business, Deering says the
company will maintain its cattle seedstock business, bull sales and cattle
feeding operation.
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