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
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Processing Pet Food for Sale
This page was developed with input from experienced producers, processors, and regulators. Consumer interest in raw, local and/or organic diets for their pets has increased greatly in recent years. With
October 2, 2023
Jerky
If you are interested in preparing jerky in your processing facility, you will need to demonstrate lethality in your jerky-making process. Typically this means cooking under controlled humidity per
October 2, 2023
Further Processed Meat Products
<< Back From bacon to jerky, prosciutto and salami, further processed meat products have a strong following. Consumers like the taste, and farmers, butchers, and restaurants like turning lower end cuts into
October 2, 2023
Strategies to Increase Throughput
Meat processors, like most businesses, work hard to cut costs, hoping to improve their bottom line. But while cost cutting can sometimes improve profits, too often it doesn’t get
October 2, 2023
Increase Your Retail Sales with More Frequent Delivery
Increase Your Retail Sales with More Frequent Delivery Nick McCann, Iowa State University Extension Nick McCann is an Agricultural Business Specialist with Iowa State University Cooperative Extension. He works
October 2, 2023
Open-Sourced HACCP: Making Cured Meats Production More Accessible
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar Date: April 23, 2015 (note: new date) Time: 10 am PST / 1pm EST for one hour To attend: Go to
October 2, 2023
Mobile Slaughter Units (MSUs): An International Perspective
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar. Date: February 18, 2015 Duration: one hour Overview: The first USDA-inspected mobile slaughter unit (MSU) for red meat species began operating in
October 2, 2023
Building the Capacity of Small Meat Processors: Successes and Lessons from North Carolina
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar. Date: January 7, 2015 Duration: one hour Local meat and poultry markets rely on small processors with a range of skills and services. NC
October 2, 2023
Plant Management Strategies to Reduce Fall Season Stress
Overview Date: Sept.9, 2014 Please Note: This webinar is no longer available in video form, however, the presentation materials remain active. Small Plant Operators: do you dread the busy fall season?
October 2, 2023
NC Choices Technical Assistance Project Training Manual
In 2013-2014, NC Choices and the Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network collaborated on a project to provide direct technical assistance on a range of topics to a group of small-scale meat
October 2, 2023
Food Choice as a Fundamental Liberty Right
Food Choice is a Fundamental Liberty Right By David J. Berg, Legal Research and Writing David J. Berg worked as a maritime lawyer in Boston for almost twenty years
October 2, 2023
Sausage Formulation Spreadsheet
Processors who make small batches of sausage for independent meat producers often use commercial, pre-blended mixes. Mixing a producer’s own specialty sausage recipe is time consuming and can be a
October 2, 2023
The Business of Dry Curing
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar Date: June 25, 2014 Duration: 1 hour Overview There has been significant consumer interest in dry cured charcuterie products, like
October 2, 2023
Testing The Idea: Using Existing Research to Assess Meat Processing Options
Introduction Feasibility studies have become a standard way to assess whether a new processing facility is a good idea: does it meet an actual need? Will it have enough
September 29, 2023
Plant in a Box: A Solution for USDA-Inspected Poultry Processing?
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar Date: February 25, 2016 Duration: one hour Overview: Small-scale poultry producers are well aware that finding USDA-inspected processing is a big challenge. Very few
September 29, 2023
Innovation in Practice: Employee Management at T&E Meats
Employee Management at T&E Meats: We frequently hear from small-scale meat processors that finding, training and keeping good help can be a struggle. Joe Cloud, co-owner and manager of T&E
September 29, 2023
Third-Party Audits for Meat Processors
Overview Please Note: This webinar is no longer available in video form, however, the presentation materials remain active. Small and mid-sized meat processors are increasingly being asked by their
September 29, 2023
Finger Lakes Meat Project: The Meat Locker and Meat Suite
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar Date: November 18, 2015 Duration: one hour Overview: The Finger Lakes Meat Project is a regional initiative in New York State to grow the freezer trade
September 29, 2023
September 29, 2023
Humane Handling at the Processing Plant
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar in collaboration with Animal Welfare Approved. Please Note: This webinar is no longer available in video form; however, the presentation materials remain active.
September 29, 2023
Livestock Yield and Price Estimator & Calculator
click here to download the worksheet (Excel file) This worksheet was developed by Matt LeRoux of Cornell Cooperative Extension – Tompkins County and recently shared at the Oregon State
September 29, 2023
Profiles in Small-Scale Processing: Blue Ridge Meats
Profiles in Small-Scale Processing: Blue Ridge Meats Date: May 28, 2015 Duration: one hour Overview: What makes a small-scale processing plant successful? We get asked that question on a regular
September 29, 2023
Inyo County, 2009
Inyo County, 2009 Study title: “Final Report: Natural Livestock Feasibility Study” Author: Jeff Schahczenski Date of study: February 2009 Group behind study: National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) NCAT
September 29, 2023
mobile slaughter unit basics and who builds them
This article is a sub-article of the larger article Mobile Slaughter Unit Costs and Revenues: Projections from Nevada. Excerpted with permission from Curtis, K. R.*, M. Cowee, A. Acosta, W.
September 29, 2023
