Regional Meetings for Iowa Meat Processors
In an effort to increase the number of opportunities for Iowa meat processors to learn from each other, the Iowa Meat Processors Association and Iowa State University's Small Meat Processors Working Group will be holding four regional meetings around the state this spring.
These meetings will be held in plants, focusing on real challenges and/or new ideas in these plants.
Each meeting will last 2-3 hours. Please RSVP.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
4:00 p.m.
Edgewood Locker
609 West Union Street
Edgewood, Iowa 502042
(563) 928-6814
Edgewood Locker would like to discuss some of the management and processing systems that have put in place as they have grown. A particular challenge they are currently facing is in regards to wastewater pre-treatment.
Friday, April 16, 2010
3:00 p.m.
Atlantic Locker Services.
310 West 2nd Street
Atlantic, Iowa 50022
(712) 243-1941
Atlantic Locker Services built a new plant several years ago. Discussion will focus on their new facility's operation and how they made it happen.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
1:00 p.m.
Ruthven Meat Processing
1701 Railroad Street
Ruthven, Iowa 51358
(712) 837-5334
Ruthven Meat Processing has undergone a renovation. Discussion will focus on what improvements they made and how they made it happen.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
4:00 p.m.
Dayton Meat Products
102 Montezuma Street
Malcom, Iowa 50157
(641) 528-3420
Dayton Meat Products has been adjusting their processing methods to increase throughput. Find out about what they have tried and how it worked. Download the SPS Document from Dayton Meats.
Please RSVP to the locker plant at the numbers listed or Arion Thiboumery