Meat and Poultry Processing Top Stories

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Legacy Maker Farms leaders Steve Hershberger and Ian Baer discuss the company's new ownership, rebranding, and AI-driven strategy. 

Double-digit gains in claims-based meats highlight shifting consumer purchasing behaviors, with transparency, trust and convenient product formats driving momentum across retail and foodservice.

With fewer beef cows available, dairy cows now make up a larger share of the cow beef supply feeding America’s hamburger demand. 

Beef processors know their yield targets. Few know exactly where they're missing them, and what a 0.5% recovery is actually worth.

Premiumization and demand for nutrition-focused meat snacks bolsters category performance.

Successful sodium reduction strategies hinge on preserving the satisfying savory profile consumers expect from processed meat and poultry products. 

In this interview, Safe Catch COO Kevin McCay discusses protein opportunities in the frozen aisle, differences in consumer demand for clean label seafood products vs. other proteins, and how consumers’ heightened focus on protein in their diets is influencing the seafood category.    

Ensuring a building's structural requirements meet processors' needs must be discussed early in the project planning process.

Despite inflation, the average price per pound in April 2026 for chicken and pork remains less than half that of beef. 

Insights include why she sees the beef tallow trend as nothing to celebrate -- and more!