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An inspector examines fresh beef sides for potential contaminants or health issues before the meat is cooled for 42 hours at a Cargill meat packing plant in Fort Morgan, Colo. Cargill is participating in trials of a cattle vaccine for e-coli among undertaking other measures to control the harmful-to-humans pathogen that can come from meat contaminated by cattle feces. (For The New York Times)



As a side of beef is sawed into manageable sections, a worker cleans scrap for the floor and equipment at a Cargill meat packing plant in Fort Morgan, Colo. (For The New York Times)



Graders separate beef trimmings for different levels of lean content before sending the fatty meat to be ground for hamburger at a Cargill meat packing plant in Fort Morgan, Colo. (For the New York Times)



Welder Tyler Ryda perfects a seam on the base of a wind turbine tower at Katana Summit in Columbus, Nebr.. The agricultural and manufacturing town has suffered in the weak economy, resulting in many local layoffs. (For the New York Times)



Laid-off welder Chuck Salak with sons Cody, 10, Riley, 4, and Lacey, 4, and wife Lisa in Columbus, Nebr. (For The New York Times)


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