FARGO, N.D. — A handful of beef producers who are two or three weeks late in receiving payment for animals from North Dakota Natural Beef L.L.C. in Fargo have been counseled to fill out paperwork to make sure they are eligible for compensation under federal Packers and Stockyards Administration rules.
Doug Goehring, North Dakota agriculture commissioner, says the beef company has assured his department that it is “expediting this process” and that there is enough inventory and receivables to cover these payments. “We are not quite sure why they haven’t yet,” Goehring says.
North Dakota Natural Beef L.L.C. temporarily has had to cut back hours but is making no layoffs after it “resigned” a large customer, a company official says.
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