Frederick Usinger IV is the fourth-generation president of Usinger Sausage, a Wisconsin-based sausage company founded in 1880.

Usinger earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Meat & Animal Science Department in 1980. He began his career as plant manager of Usinger Sausage that year, moving to the role of meat buyer in 1982 and vice president of purchasing in 1987. He then became president of the company and Usinger Foundation in 1988.

In 1993, Usinger's company constructed a new Usinger distribution center, and a new processing plant in 2004.

Usinger is very involved in the industry outside of his executive role; he began a long-term membership in the Wisconsin Livestock & Meat Council in 1993, serving as scholarship chair from 2002 to 2014. Usinger served on the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Board of Visitors from 2003 to 2006. He was a North American Meat Institute Board member from 2003 to 2021, and a member of the advisory committee for the Meat Science & Animal Biologics Discovery Building at UW-Madison from 2009 to 2013.

To celebrate the Meat Industry Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024, MIHOF is once again hosting its annual in-person honors ceremony, with this year’s induction reception planned to take place July 25, 2025, from 5-7 p.m. during the AAMP American Convention of Meat Processors & Suppliers’ Exhibition in Kansas City, Mo.

The National Provisioner invites all meat and poultry industry professionals to join us in commemorating Frederick Usinger IV with our industry’s highest honor.

Learn more about the Meat Industry Hall of Fame and this year’s in-person induction reception honors ceremony here.