Wall Meat Processing, a small meat processing plant in Wall, South Dakota, has opened new opportunities for South Dakota's lamb industry by becoming the state's first certified Cooperative Interstate Shipment (CIS) facility, overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Standing with lamb carcasses at Wall Meat Processing is locker co-owner Janet Niehaus, left, Tammy Basel, South Dakota Sheep Growers West River lamb promotional chairwoman; SDSU Extension West River sheep specialist Jaelyn Whaley; Gwendolyn Kitzan, co-owner Kitzan Family Farms; SDSU Extension Sheep Specialist Kelly Froehlich; Jim Selchert, ag advisor for Sen. Mike Rounds; and state inspector Jasmine Foster.
Gwen Kitzan of Kitzan Family Farms displays cuts of lamb.
When an error at the butcher shop left Gwendolyn Kitzan with an abundance of ground lamb, she had to figure out what to do. Shepherd's pie was the answer.
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Lamb is stamped by inspectors at a West River butcher.
Frozen lamb-based meals are made by Kitzan Farms.
