February 3, 2025
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Customer Manuals for Small Meat Processors
<< Back This page was created by the Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network. Click on the link for more useful meat processing resources. What’s on this page: Why write a
February 3, 2025
Newsletter: Upcoming Industry Events
Educational Opportunities and Webinars 2025 Check back soon! Conventions, Roundtables, Conferences and More! 2024 2025 February SOWTH Conference Where: Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta When: February 4-6
January 29, 2025
Newsletter: Ongoing Affiliate Training
HACCP and Meat Cutting Courses Blue Mountain Community College has launched their Master Butcher Certificate Program! The program, developed in collaboration with industry experts and the Northwest Meat Processors Association, will
January 29, 2025
Newsletter Classifieds
Job Postings Assistant Plant Manager Location: Asheboro, North Carolina Head Butcher Do you love custom butchery, but just want to live in the mountains? Watauga Butchery in Western North Carolina is looking
January 29, 2025
Wholesale Meat Guide: Build & Grow Sales in Your Branded Meat Business
If you are a meat producer or processor and thinking about making a foray into wholesaling meat, this new guide is for you! Read the one page Executive Summary here.
January 28, 2025
Marketing Meats
One-on-One Marketing Assistance In partnership with the Good Meat Project, we are providing done-for-you marketing packages for farmers, butchers, and retailers to elevate their game. Each participant of Hands-Free Marketing will
January 23, 2025
September Newsletter Feature: – The Immune System of a Meat Processing Plant
By David Zarling, NMPAN’s Program Manager Contact: zarlingd@oregonstate.edu Continued from the newsletter: The Backbone of Operational Excellence Imagine this: It’s a regular day at the plant. The machinery is humming,
September 25, 2024
February Newsletter Feature: – “Nobody Wants to Work Anymore, & Other Myths in the Meat Processing Workforce”
By Rebecca Thistlethwaite, Director of the Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network at Oregon State University, and Timothy Delbridge, PhD., Agricultural Economist in the Dept. of Applied Economics at Oregon State
March 20, 2024
Business Planning Resources
<< Back What’s on this page? Here you’ll find resources for planning a new meat processing business or expanding an existing one. The economics of small-scale meat processing are tough.
March 7, 2024
Peer 2 Peer Consulting & Coaching
Got a problem or opportunity that you need more assistance with over a longer period of time? Have you reached out to any of our technical assistance providers with a
January 24, 2024
January Newsletter Feature:
Put HER in the RTE Room by Denise Perry, PhD, of Single Shot Consulting and NMPAN Advisory Board Member …continued from the newsletter The reality is that MOST of the
January 18, 2024
December Newsletter Feature:
Celebrating the Holidays at a Meat Processing Plant: A Balance of Work and Joy by Chris Fuller, Founder of Fuller Consulting and NMPAN Technical Assistance As the holiday season approaches,
December 15, 2023
Webinar: Ask Me Anything – Intro to Wholesaling Meat Q&A
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar. Date: November 30th, 2023 Duration: 60 Minutes Building and scaling meat businesses: how to determine which market channels are right for you, price
December 7, 2023
Webinar: NMPAN Live – Humane Handling Q&A with the Humane Handling Institute
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar. Date: October 26th, 2023 Duration: 61 Minutes Dr. Kurt Vogel and Ashlynn Kirk of the Humane Handling Institute at University of Wisconsin -River Falls explain their
December 7, 2023
Webinar: NMPAN Live – Optimizing Production Yields for Profit and Efficiency
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar. Date: October 5th, 2023 Duration: 90 Minutes Are slaughter and fabrication yields a part of the daily conversation in your small plant?
December 7, 2023
Modular Harvest System (NY)
Modular Harvest System Hudson Valley, New York “Now we are thinking of the MHS as a way for people to try out the business, get some experience operating under
October 2, 2023
Mobile Poultry Processing Units: Reports from the Field
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar Learn more about NMPAN: www.nichemeatprocessing.org Webinar Description Mobile poultry processing units (MPPUs) have been around for more than ten years. On this
October 2, 2023
Microbiology 101 for Small Meat Processors
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar Overview N-60 sampling. Multi drug resistance. Pathogen v. adulterant. Non-0157 STECs. MDR Salmonella strains. Gram negative v. gram positive organisms. CFU, APC,
October 2, 2023
Mobile Slaughter Units: Reports from the Field and Future Directions
Mobile Slaughter Units: Reports from the Field and Future Directions A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar Date: September 10, 2013 Duration: 90 minutes Overview Inspected mobile slaughter units for beef,
October 2, 2023
Microbiology for Meat Processors
What’s on this page? A basic understanding of microbiology can really help as you develop food safety and HACCP plans. This page has a few resources to get you started as
October 2, 2023
Finding Capital: Financing Options for Meat Processors
What’s on this page? Upgrading or expanding an existing meat processing plant, building a new facility, buying equipment… it all costs money, and plenty of it. The information on this
October 2, 2023
Cost Analysis: Are You Making Money? Webinar
Cost Analysis: Are You Making Money? A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar Date: March 19, 2014 Duration: 1 hour All NMPAN webinars are free and open to the public. Overview Many
October 2, 2023
Cooperative Interstate Shipment: How’s It Working Out?
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar, presented in collaboration with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. Date: February 4, 2014 Duration: 1 hour The Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program, authorized by the
October 2, 2023
Mobile Poultry Processing Unit Blueprints
Here are a set of blueprints for a mobile poultry processing unit (MPPU) built to operate under “equal to” state inspection in Vermont. The MPPU was built by the Vermont Agency of
October 2, 2023
