Deering: Valley Oaks circumstances ‘slap in the face’

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.

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