WG Provisions in Jewell adjusts to new market demands by supplying food pantries and selling online "hot beef sundae" kits.

For WG Provisions, an Ames-based specialty meat processor, 2020 has been a lot like a white-knuckle roller coaster ride.

This spring, the company was forced to temporarily shut down its meat processing plants in Sidney and Jewell when the COVID-19 crisis collapsed the demand from food service customers. But through innovation and...