Pacific Northwest's largest beef plant put up for sale as Washington farmers cite state policy

Workers at the Joslin facility face layoffs, with employees organizing protests against the closure.

In the Pacific Northwest, the closure and sale of the region's largest beef processing facility reflects a convergence of corporate consolidation, regulatory tension, and the quiet unraveling of rural livelihoods. Tyson Foods, contracting its national footprint, has left Washington state farmers without their primary processing outlet — and those farmers point to Olympia's policies as the force that made the region inhospitable long before the final decision was made. The plant's fate is not merely an economic event but a question about who shapes the conditions of food production, and who bea

Pacific Northwest's largest beef plant put up for sale as Washington farmers cite state policy

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