The prospect of a local USDA-inspected meat processor in Coos County, Ore., advanced Wednesday during a session among producers, processors and business developers. Carrie Evins of Kansas-based Food & Livestock Planning carved out several options on how to steer the operation, should it come to fruition, reports The World (Coos Bay, Ore.).
Chris and Fred Bussman of Bussmann’s Mobile Ranch Butchering are looking to operate the plant, which would be federally inspected. Currently, Oregon has just nine processing plants, and none in the South Coast area.