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| - | The '''meat packing industry''' handles the [[Slaughter (livestock)|slaughtering]], [[Food processing|processing]], [[packaging]], and distribution of [[meat]] from animals such as [[cattle]], [[pigs]], [[sheep]] and other [[livestock]]. [[Poultry]] is not included. This greater part of the entire [[meat industry]] is primarily focused on producing meat for [[meat consumption|human consumption]], but it also yields a variety of [[by-product]]s including [[Hide (skin)|hides]], [[feather]]s, dried blood, and, through the process of [[rendering (industrial)|rendering]], [[fat]] such as [[tallow]] and [[protein]] meals such as [[meat & bone meal]]. | + | The term '''meat industry''' describes modern [[industrialization|industrialized]] [[livestock]] [[agriculture]] for production, [[meat packing|packing]], [[Meat preservation|preservation]] and [[marketing]] of [[meat]] (in contrast to [[dairy]] products, [[wool]], etc.). In [[economics]], it is a fusion of primary (agriculture) and secondary (industry) activity and hard to characterize strictly in terms of either one alone. The greater part of the entire meat industry is termed [[meat packing industry]]- the segment that handles the [[animal slaughter|slaughtering]], processing, packaging, and distribution of animals such as [[cattle]], [[pigs]], [[sheep]] and other livestock. |
| - | ==Meatpackers== | ||
| - | === Big Four === | ||
| - | At 1900 the dominating meat packers were:<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=f-CAclXhhCYC&pg=PA15 Google Books]</ref> | ||
| - | * [[Armour and Company|Armour]] | ||
| - | ** [[Morris & Company|Morris]] (acquired in 1923) | ||
| - | * [[Cudahy Packing Company|Cudahy]] | ||
| - | * [[Wilson Packing Plant|Wilson]] | ||
| - | * [[Swift Packing|Swift]] | ||
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| - | === Big Three === | ||
| - | In the 1990s the Big Three were:<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=ho8Te_Qf4NEC&pg=PA49&dq=Big+Four Google Books]</ref> | ||
| - | * [[Iowa Beef Processors|IBP]] | ||
| - | * [[ConAgra Foods]] | ||
| - | * [[Excel Corporation]] | ||
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| - | === Today === | ||
| - | Current significant meat packers in the [[United States]] include:<ref>[http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/AAI_Issue_Brief_4.pdf Hogging the Market: How Powerful Meat Packers are Changing our Food System and What We can do About it]</ref> | ||
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| - | Beef Packers: | ||
| - | * [[Tyson Foods]] | ||
| - | * [[Cargill Meat Solutions]] (''Excel'') | ||
| - | * [[JBS USA]] (''Swift'') | ||
| - | * [[National Beef Packing Company|National Beef]] | ||
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| - | Pork Packers: | ||
| - | * [[Smithfield Foods]] | ||
| - | * Tyson Foods | ||
| - | * JBS USA | ||
| - | * Cargill Meat Solutions | ||
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| - | [[Broiler industry|Broiler]] Chickens: | ||
| - | * [[Pilgrim's Pride]] | ||
| - | * [[Tyson Foods]] | ||
| - | * [[Perdue Farms]] | ||
| - | * [[Sanderson Farms]] | ||
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| - | Outside the United States: | ||
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| - | * [[Teys Australia]] | ||
| - | * [[JBS S.A.]] (Brazil) | ||
| - | * [[BRF S.A.]] (Brazil) | ||
| - | * [[Charoen Pokphand Group]] (Thailand) | ||
| - | * [[Imperial Cold Storage and Supply Company]] (South Africa) | ||
| - | * [[Maple Leaf Foods]] (Canada) | ||
| - | * [[Schneider Foods]] (Canada) | ||
| - | * [[AFFCO Holdings]] (New Zealand) | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | * [[Continuous inspection]] | + | * [[Agricultural robot]] |
| - | * [[Labor rights in American meatpacking industry]] | + | * [[Grinder-mixer]] |
| + | * [[ICT in agriculture]] | ||
| + | * [[Agricultural engineering]] | ||
| * [[Slaughterhouse]] | * [[Slaughterhouse]] | ||
| - | * [[Union Stock Yards]], Chicago | + | * [[Poultry industry]] |
| - | * [[Environmental impact of meat production]] | + | * [[Red meat]] |
| + | * [[Meat market]] | ||
| + | * [[Rendering (animal products)]] | ||
| + | * [[North American Meat Institute]] (NAMI) | ||
| + | * [[Meat Industry Workers Federation]] | ||
| + | * [[Pink slime]], [[white slime]] | ||
| + | * [[Dairy industry]] | ||
| + | * [[Leather]] | ||
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The term meat industry describes modern industrialized livestock agriculture for production, packing, preservation and marketing of meat (in contrast to dairy products, wool, etc.). In economics, it is a fusion of primary (agriculture) and secondary (industry) activity and hard to characterize strictly in terms of either one alone. The greater part of the entire meat industry is termed meat packing industry- the segment that handles the slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distribution of animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep and other livestock.
See also
- Agricultural robot
- Grinder-mixer
- ICT in agriculture
- Agricultural engineering
- Slaughterhouse
- Poultry industry
- Red meat
- Meat market
- Rendering (animal products)
- North American Meat Institute (NAMI)
- Meat Industry Workers Federation
- Pink slime, white slime
- Dairy industry
- Leather
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