date:Jul 10, 2012
A 4,500-sq.-ft. expansion to Cruse Meats, a family owned business that packages meat, now makes it Cabarrus Countys first large-scale, state-regulated meat processing plant. It is expected to harvest animals from 10 nearby counties.
For years, hundreds of farmers previously had to load animals on trailers and drive for as long as four hours to reach processing facilities in Taylorsville and Browns Summit. Such transportation added up labor and fuel costs for farmers and stressed the animals, th