🌱 How a Lyons-based group is helping farmers weather Tyson’s shutdown

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• How a Lyons-based group is helping farmers weather Tyson’s shutdown

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📰 News we're reading

• Tyson plant closure devastates Nebraska farming (farmprogress.com) — Lyons gets a key mention as home to the Center for Rural Affairs, whose staff are helping farmers adjust after Tyson’s Lexington beef plant shuts down in January. The closure will cut Nebraska’s cattle harvest capacity by about 15%, disrupt marketing options, and lengthen hauling distances, but the Lyons-based group outlines resources and strategies for producers and displaced workers statewide.
   

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