Center for Agriculture Profitability housed in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Nebraska -- Lincoln hosted a webinar series on Oct. 12 and 14 addressing the current state and potential growth of the meat processing industry.
Due to COVID-19, recent market disruptions to the meat processing industry have led the public and livestock producers to be concerned about the size and consolidation of meat processing plants. The purpose of these webinars is to address the following:
- Financial and legal implications of building or renovating a meat processing plant
- Show how and where consolidation has occurred in the meat and poultry processing industry
- Provide information on current grant opportunities for new and existing meat processing plants
- Explain what the University of Nebraska -- Lincoln is doing to increase meat processing training and skills
The webinars were presented by Elliott Dennis, Assistant Professor and Extension Livestock Economist, UNL Agricultural Economics; Charlie McPherson, Nebraska Business Development Center Director, Dave Aiken, Professor and Extension Agricultural and Water Law Specialist, UNL Agricultural Economics, Greg Ibach, Under Secretary in Residence, IANR; and Gary Sullivan, Associate Professor of Meat Science.
"There have been a lot of conversation over the last 18 months about the state of the meat industry -- do we have enough capacity, what is the trade off between efficient and resilient plants, and whether there is a need to build more plants. The hope of these webinars was to provide a historical review of meat processing, analyze current plant building costs and benefits, and to explain the grant opportunities available to help fund these expansions in processing," said Elliott Dennis.
To view the recorded webinars:
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