Overcapacity.
Several ag trade journals have mentioned recently that the nation’s shrinking cattle herd has transformed the shortage of processing capacity into excess capacity within the past two years.
I see the situation a bit differently.
A Truly Grounded Approach to Meat Processing
One of the newest developments in meat processing is a thousand years old.
Field harvesting is steadily growing in popularity as producers and processors alike recognize this method's advantages in terms of humane animal handling and meat quality. For many ranchers, field harvesting is integral to a “one bad day” approach to animal husbandry… providing the animal with a quality, pasture-raised life, followed by one bad day at harvest time.