Beef or Hogs?

A guide to help small meat plants decide which species, or multiple species, to process.

Should you process and sell beef, hogs, deer, or all of the above? While speed plays a part, the answer isn’t always obvious, since small meat plants don’t have the luxury of processing animals that don’t net a good profit. Download this brief by Nick McCann, Good Food Fund Value Chain Specialist from Michigan State University, for some good advice about estimating profitability per species.