Australia banned US bison and beef after the 2003 finding of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in a dairy cow in Washington state. Matheson now sees positive signs for opening key Asian markets to US ...

He said animals could include bison, elk or deer harvested by tribal members and livestock from members who are in the meat-producing business, or from non-members interested in the service.

Bison are a prime example; the undomesticated and free-roaming animals don’t fit the Big Ag paradigm of concentrated feedlots, commodity grain feeding and centralized processing facilities—common ...

Many tribes have restored the animals to their lands but are still working to turn it into a valuable food source that could nourish hungry kids ...

Using cattle and bison from their own ranches, the tribes are processing meat to supply their day care centers, senior homes and hotels, as well as some low-income meal programs they operate with ...

On Friday a group led by Kingsbury and Associates and Sirius Realty of Rapid, City, announced plans to build a $1.1 billion state-of-the-art beef and bison processing plant that would harvest ...

Colorado at the forefront Colorado acts as the nation’s hub for bison processing and marketing, Matheson said. The state is home to the largest bison processor in the world, Great Range Premium ...

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are among eight tribal nations that recently received an Indigenous Animals Harvesting and Meat Processing Grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture.