Deciding to Process Beef, Hogs, or Deer in Small Meat Plants

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August 9, 2017 - Author: Nicholas McCann

By recommending a focus on speed, and and providing methodology for estimating profitability per species, this brief provides small meat plants a path for deciding which species, or multiple species, to process.

This brief is authored by Nick McCann, Good Food Fund Value Chain Specialist, Center for Regional Food Systems, Michigan State University.

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