National Beef and Farmland Industries purchased the Hy-Plains facility in Dodge City 1992. It was the first plant owned by National Beef and is now a large multi-facility beef processing company that conducts business internationally. Here in Dodge City about 2,900 people work at the plant. [COURTESY PHOTO Boot Hill Museum]
Kathie Bell Special to the Globe It seems natural that a place known for its history of cowboys and cattle should be home to, not…