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Are Millennials really more interested in promotions and social media updates than getting their work done, or is this a case of generational bias?

Working at Raider Red Meats seldom gets boring. Employees have to harvest animals, cut steaks, and produce the further-processed items like sausages and shelf-stable meat snacks.

With the addition of two new faculty hires and a new meat lab on the way, the Purdue College of Agriculture has made it clear that meat science is important and valued as Indiana’s land-grant university.

I joined The National Provisioner in 2004, and after a couple weeks of learning the lingo and conducting a few phone interviews, I made my way out to my first-ever visit to a meat plant.

As a custom processor that delivers a variety of products to a variety of customers, Deli Star Corp. has to speak a variety of languages.

All total, there were almost 750 products entered at the 2016 Cured Meats Championships, held during the American Association of Meat Processors’ annual convention in Omaha, Neb. in July.

Consumers are looking for healthier snacking options, and two products in particular have helped grow this category: meat snacks and protein bars.

Independent Processor editor-in-chief Sam Gazdziak spoke with Dr. Ryan Cox of the University of Minnesota about judging the semi-dry sausage (non-fermented) category and the specialty cured products.