Employees break down slabs of beef to remove the meat for packaging Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, at Ida-Beef in Burley. Owner Allan Ward says the company's policy is to provide humane slaughtering at the plant and it continues to improve and grow.
PAT SUTPHIN, TIMES-NEWS
Slabs of beef hang in the freezer Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, at Ida-Beef in Burley. Eighty-five percent of the meat is sent to a plant to be ground into hamburger for use at fast-food restaurants.
PAT SUTPHIN TIMES-NEWS
Meat comes off the conveyor belt and falls into a 2,000 pound container Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, at Ida-Beef in Burley.
PAT SUTPHIN TIMES-NEWS
Packaged meat sits ready for shipment Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, at Ida-Beef in Burley.
PAT SUTPHIN TIMES-NEWS
Employees break down slabs of beef to remove the meat for packaging Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, at Ida-Beef in Burley.
BURLEY — Allan Ward has seen his company Ida-Beef LLC’s name in the news more often than he would have liked since he opened the slaughterhouse southwest of Burley in 2018.
People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) asked Minidoka County Prosecutor Lance Stevenson in December to file animal cruelty charges aga…
Employees break down slabs of beef to remove the meat for packaging Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, at Ida-Beef in Burley. Owner Allan Ward says the company's policy is to provide humane slaughtering at the plant and it continues to improve and grow.
Slabs of beef hang in the freezer Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, at Ida-Beef in Burley. Eighty-five percent of the meat is sent to a plant to be ground into hamburger for use at fast-food restaurants.