Agriprocessors' Nebraska Slaughterhouse Up For Sale

The "Local Pride" slaughter house was sold at auction last week and is now up for resale.

Nebraska kosher slaughterhouse up for sale

GORDON, Neb. (AP) -- The city of Gordon is trying to sell the local kosher slaughterhouse that closed because of the financial difficulties of its owner, Agriprocessors, Inc.

City manager Fred Hlava said Wednesday that he's talked to several parties -- some interested in restarting a kosher operation and others who would employ conventional processes.

The city joined with First Bank Business Capital Inc. to buy the Local Pride plant for $300,000 during last week's bankruptcy auction.

Agriprocessors filed bankruptcy in November 2008, following immigration raids at its Postville, Iowa, plant.

Hlava says Gordon has a lien on the land because Agriprocessors didn't meet terms of a state economic development grant, and the bank has a lien on the plant's equipment.

Comments

[harold]

Maybe it would be easier to simply import kosher meats from Israel. They could use the extra business and have an extensive infrastructure with regards to hashgacha.

I understand that an increase is already on the way.
http://www.vosizneias.com/37859/2009/09/04/israel-more-kosher-chickens-to-fly-to-us/

[yidandahalf]

Maybe it would be easier to just stop fressing crap that is unhealthy, inhumane, and expensive.

[harold]

Maybe it would be easier to just stop fressing crap that is unhealthy, inhumane, and expensive.

True, but easier said than done. My g-d look at smoking, unhealthy, and the per pack prices have skyrocketed yet people still smoke.

[Shmarya]

My g-d look at smoking, unhealthy, and the per pack prices have skyrocketed yet people still smoke.

But they smoke much less.

[YABED]

Maybe it would be easier to simply import kosher meats from Israel. They could use the extra business and have an extensive infrastructure with regards to hashgacha

Not an option, nor will it ever be.
1) There is not enough meat there
2) They already import from South America, like we do. The meat there is lousey
3) THere is foot and mouth disease in Israel. NOTHING raw can be sent over
here.
3) which rabbi will approve it? They will all protect their turf.

Only cooked Turkey and chicken comes in.
American Meat is not allowed there because we have mad cow disease. THey want 5 years before anything is sent there

[yidandahalf]

Sell it to the Hershey/Heshy duo. Since the business model of the first is mutually exclusive to a profitable packing plant, it will fail, fall, and rapidly beg for some means of life support it will not find.

[seymour]

300,000 sounds cheap anybody wants to buy it