.Meat cutter Rich Dennison of Salem trims a beef carcass for processing at Rob's Horst Packing...by R. Michael Semple The appointment book at Rob Donaldson’s meat processing facility, Rob’s Horst ...

(Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series on meat processing capacity. Next week's story will look at North Dakota's state inspection program.) PINE ISLAND, Minn. — For more than a decade ...