Stung by pandemic and JBS cyberattack, U.S. ranchers build new beef plants

U.S. cattle ranchers and investors are sinking hundreds of millions of dollars into new beef plants after temporary closures of massive slaughterhouses at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic left farmers with nowhere to send animals destined to be turned into meat.
Meatpacker JBS says all facilities operating after weekend cyberattack

All of meatpacker JBS SA’s (JBSS3.SA) global facilities are fully operational after a weekend cyberattack disrupted much of its North American and Australian operations, the company said on Thursday.