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The American Association of Meat Processor’s annual convention was so popular, even Abraham Lincoln turned up. The former president, or someone who looked very much like him, was on hand to cut the ribbon for this year’s convention in Springfield, Ill.

The fundamentals of the commodity market have changed dramatically in one year.

Meat and poultry, which traditionally have been powerful supermarket deli magnets, are becoming less forceful.

Cooking, chilling and freezing systems are a necessary component of the post-harvest process.

Merchandisers of whole-muscle cuts are finding big is not necessarily better.

The Home of Lincoln will become the Home of Hams, Sausages and other delicious cured meats.

The University of Florida’s Department of Animal Sciences faculty works closely with industry groups including several livestock associations, Florida Farm Bureau, and others to develop educational programs for their members.

Chipotle’s organic tofu Sofritas, Panera Bread’s Mediterranean Veggie Sandwich and Burger King’s BK Veggie burger are all popular and all lacking one thing: meat, which isn’t an accident.

This year’s Top 100 meat and poultry processors report features more billion-dollar companies than ever before, and for the first time, every single company on the list has sales of $100 million or more.

The 2015 Market Segment Reports from our 2015 Top 100 Processors article.