HAWARDEN, Iowa — Iowa Lamb Processing in Hawarden is a fully integrated company owned by the Rule family from Colorado and a small group of producers. These producers raise a lot of sheep in Western ...

The fate of a 500,000-head capacity Superior Farms plant, estimated to represent between 15% and 20% of the nation’s total lamb processing capacity, will soon be in Denver voters’ hands as they ...

Lamb is as Colorado as 14,000-foot peaks and Palisade peaches. Raised in rugged terrain, Colorado lamb is known for its lean meat and rich flavor. Many connoisseurs have long claimed its superiority ...

Hundreds of thousands of sheep roll through Denver each year destined for a 60-year-old plant nestled in a part of town teeming with livestock history. The fate of Superior Farms' 500,000-head ...

Initiated Ordinance 309 on Denver’s ballot would ban slaughterhouses in the city. There is only one such facility operating in Denver currently — and it accounts for up to 20% of the United States’ ...

If passed, ballot measure 309 would close Superior Farms, north of Denver. Hyoung Chang/Denver Post via Getty Images Ballot measure 309 aims to ban slaughterhouses in the city and county of Denver. If ...

Australia’s red meat processors are facing a supply squeeze, with a delay in new-season lambs hitting the market and trouble retaining the workforce.

Denver voters rejected the proposal to shut down the city’s only slaughterhouse. The results on Tuesday night showed voters resoundingly defeating the measure, which was losing by about 40 points.

SAN ANGELO — Under the roar and hum of industrial-sized air conditioners, Jay Hasbrouck stuffed his hands deep into his coat pockets before entering a freezer at his San Angelo meat processing plant.

The Wyoming Wool Initiative’s Lamb-a-Year program connects producers with UW students interested in the sheep industry. (UW Photo) At the annual Wyoming Wool Growers Association conference this month, ...

Ballot measure 309 aims to ban slaughterhouses in the city and county of Denver. If passed, the measure would close just one facility, Superior Farms, in the Globeville neighborhood north of Denver. I ...