Forum: Expanding Market Opportunities for Meat Processing

Consumer availability to fresh meat and poultry products is greatly affected by plant closures and processing facility slowdowns.
Consumer availability to fresh meat and poultry products is greatly affected by plant closures and processing facility slowdowns.
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Event: KCoe Isom, Wyoming Stock Growers Association, Agribusiness Council of Indiana, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, California Farm Bureau, and Protein Processing Services are hosting an informational forum on expanding market opportunities for meat and poultry processing.

In the past several decades, concentration of meat and poultry processing has limited options for farmers and ranchers to sell their products. Plant closures during the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the disruptions that can come from closure of even a single plant. Tackling these challenges is of critical importance to consumers, farmers and ranchers, and the food supply chain.

We invite you to join us on Thursday, January 27 at 1:00-2:00 eastern to learn about challenges facing U.S. meat and poultry supply chains and efforts by the USDA and others to increase processing capacity in the United States. Following presentations, we will host moderated questions from the audience.

Speakers

• Dr. Tom Tomich, Founder, Food Systems Lab, University of California, Davis

• Jesse Hough, Nebraska Beef and Lamb

• Jonathan Huseman, Stockman’s Beef Packing, Texas

• Dr. Kamala Neal, Administrator of USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Services

• Mark Brodziski, Deputy Administrator of USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Services Moderator

• Brian Kuehl, Director of Government and Public Affairs, KCoe Isom

We hope you can join us for this important and timely event, and we look forward to your attendance.

To register for the forum, click here: https://kcoeisom.zoom.us/webinar/register/4316427109482/WN_KuuqARoEQU61Y_g_v2viWg

You will receive a confirmation email with a link to join the session.

Please contact Brian Kuehl, KCoe Isom Director of Government and Public Affairs, at 202-679-6779 or bkuehl@kcoe.com if you have any questions.

About KCoe Isom KCoe Isom is a Top 100 accounting firm and the nation’s leading food and agriculture consulting firm. With roots dating back to 1932, the firm has expanded upon traditional accounting services to deliver increased value and growth for clients through comprehensive policy-to-plate strategies, and specialized advisory in the areas of sustainability, government and public affairs, land conservation, wealth management, succession planning, and strategy - to name a few. KCoe Isom provides insight and solutions for food and agriculture, biofuels, manufacturing, construction, and banking industries. The firm serves domestic and international clientele from locations spanning the United States, and through its Pinion Advisory division serving agribusinesses in U.S. and Australia. Visit www.kcoe.com

 

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