Protein plant of the future? You may be thinking, “I can’t worry about a future plant when I am focusing on my current plant’s operations.”
But without forward thinking NOW, your protein plant of the future may be a boarded-up building surrounded by a weed-infested parking lot, or an over-built mega-structure burdened with fixed overhead costs and no workforce. The last decade has delivered both scenarios, as our industry has witnessed consolidations, bankruptcies, acquisitions and plant closings with only a few plant openings … just to keep hope alive.