Voiron's Abattoir

11/29/2025

🎄🚨 Holiday Alert for Livestock Owners 🚨🎄

The holiday season is a time for celebration—but unfortunately, it can also be a time when livestock & equipment thefts increase across rural communities.

If you’re planning to travel during the holidays:
✅ Make sure someone you trust is checking on your animals regularly
✅ Ensure gates, pens, and pastures are secure
✅ Keep records updated and visible (branding, tagging, etc.)
✅ Consider installing cameras or lights around barns and lots

🛑 If you experience a theft or suspicious activity, contact the Louisiana Brand Commission immediately.

📞 These enforcement officers are trained to investigate livestock theft and can assist you in protecting your property.

Let’s all do our part to keep Louisiana livestock safe this season. 🐄🎁 Stay alert, stay connected, and have a safe and happy holiday!

11/29/2025

Happy Small Business Saturday! 🛍️
Today we celebrate the local shops and family-owned businesses that keep our communities strong. When you shop local, you support Louisiana families, jobs, and dreams. 🤝💙

Comment below your favorite local small business!!

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our loyal customers and a special thanks to Layken Bourg, Brad Doiron and our employees that keep our small business moving forward each day…

11/26/2025

Remember....today is the day to pull that turkey out of your freezer...
and make sure you have room for more beef. 🥩😉

But seriously if you are cooking a bird, please make sure it's defrosted. 🦃❄️

11/26/2025

11/25/2025

Cajun Dirty Rice Mini Pans 🦃
Just in time for Thanksgiving!

We can also package in 9x13 pans for more servings - please ask!

While supplies last

11/25/2025

Those small basket rack two-year-olds can bloom into great mature deer if they’re given a few more years to do so. As you take to the field tomorrow, give those young to mid-age class bucks a chance to grow another couple of years and see what they turn into.

Shoot a doe for meat!

Hunt Age ✅

Oklahoma should be a one buck state ✅

11/23/2025

Yesterday’s announcement regarding the closure of the Tyson beef plant in Lexington has sent shockwaves through the community and our state. This facility was not only a source of employment for 3,200 people, but it also served as a cornerstone of the local economy, supporting businesses and families alike.

Make no mistake, this is a significant hit to our already struggling Nebraska economy. I have written several times about the people and tax revenue that have been leaving our state over the last decade. Losing a another major employer in a rural community is a devastating blow.

The departure of Tyson should serve as a warning. We must intensify our efforts to develop more independent beef processors. This not only strengthens opportunities for our cattle producers and consumers, but also ensures multiple points of stability within our supply chain. Furthermore, we need to step up our commitment to diversifying the economies of our rural communities. Now is the time to invest in rural economic development, not scale back these vital initiatives.

Could we have prevented Tyson from leaving? We certainly should have tried. Nebraska also deserved better from Tyson. They enjoyed years of record profits while cattlemen and ranchers struggled. After a few lean years, they chose to walk away. The question remains: why Nebraska?

Just a few weeks ago, Governor Pillen was boasting about our beef industry when he said, “We are No. 1 in the United States of America today. We are No. 1. Texas, move over - you are No. 2 now.”

Yesterday, Nebraska lost a vital piece of our beef production chain. We lost 3,200 jobs. Texas did not - and our loss strengthens their position.

Nebraska cannot afford complacency. We must continue fighting for every existing job, pursue new employers aggressively, and build a stronger, more resilient economy that does not depend on a single business, processor, or a single promise.



NTV News Story: https://nebraska.tv/news/local/tyson-foods-to-close-ne-plant-adjust-texas-operations-for-beef-business

11/22/2025

Buy local, process local…

Tyson to Close Major Nebraska Beef Plant Amid Cattle Shortage (WSJ)

Tyson Foods, the largest meat processor in the U.S., is set to close its beef-processing plant in Lexington, Nebraska—a major facility that employs around 3,000 people and has the capacity to slaughter nearly 5,000 cattle daily. This move marks the first large-scale plant closure among the dominant “Big Four” packers during the current U.S. cattle supply crunch.

Cattle supplies in the U.S. are at their lowest levels since the 1950s, severely impacting packers' margins. Tyson reported nearly $2 billion in increased cattle procurement costs for its 2025 fiscal year, culminating in a $426 million adjusted loss from its beef division. Despite near record-high beef prices at retail, packers like Tyson are facing mounting financial pressure, prompting operational scale-backs.