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    Animal Proteins

    Hormel to End Turkey Harvest at Barron, Wisconsin, Plant in Favor of Value-Added Processing

    Andy Hanacek
    Dec. 4, 2023
    Jennie-O Turkey Store plant will end turkey slaughter operations in Q2 of 2024 in an effort to right-size the company’s turkey supply chain.
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    Solar panel at Jennie-O Minnesota plant
    Capital Spending

    Hormel Solar Project to Supply Jennie-O Plant, Community with Green Power

    Andy Hanacek
    Sept. 28, 2023
    Hormel Foods celebrated the completion of an 8-acre solar field at its Montevideo, Minn., Jennie-O facility.
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    Industry Perspective

    Podcast: Putting IIoT to Work in Food & Beverage Plants

    Aug. 2, 2023
    Food and beverage processors who begin to understand what the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) can do for their own process improvement will be in better shape the faster ...
    Tony Webster
    "Smithfield Foods Pork Processing Plant - Sioux Falls - South Dakota"
    Animal Proteins

    Smithfield Upgrades Sioux Falls Wastewater Treatment System to Reduce Nitrogen Load

    Andy Hanacek
    July 27, 2023
    Pork processor invested $45 million to replace existing system and meet more stringent permit limits on nitrates and ammonia.
    Schedule And Forecast
    Plant Operations and Engineering

    How To Schedule and Forecast Efficient Operations

    Andy Hanacek
    March 20, 2023
    Scheduling and forecasting production may seem like an eternal battle against time, but the right approach and tools can help overcome these challenges.
    Chicken Plant
    Plant Operations and Engineering

    What Removing the COVID Emergency Label Means for Meat & Poultry

    Andy Hanacek
    Feb. 24, 2023
    With the ‘emergency’ designation being removed, will the meat & poultry industry remain vigilant or pull back the preventive measures instituted during the pandemic?
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    Processor of the Year

    2022 Processor of the Year: Plant Operations at Hershey

    Pan Demetrakakes
    Dec. 2, 2022
    The principles that got Hershey manufacturing through the coronavirus crisis will power it going forward.
    Storm
    Podcasts

    How Food Processors Can Plan and Prepare for Natural Disaster-Induced Business Interruptions

    Erin Hallstrom (Pod)
    Sept. 10, 2021
    We’re talking with insurance recovery attorney Michael Gehrt about the impacts natural disasters have on food and beverage companies, and how attorneys like him help processors...
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    Plant Safety

    5 Things You May Not Know About Electrical Safety in Your Facility

    Done in partnership with our friends at Leviton
    Sept. 7, 2021
    How well do you know Lockout/Tagout? We recently talked about Lockout/Tagout as well as other electrical safety issues with Leviton's John Garbarino.
    Capital Spending

    Monogram Food Solutions Begins Construction on New Production Facility

    May 12, 2021
    Monogram Food Solutions, in collaboration with Paradigm Properties and Dacon Corp., has started construction on a 135,000 square foot facility in Haverhill, Massachusetts
    Plant Operations and Engineering

    Process Expo Moves Slightly Later, to Nov. 2

    March 18, 2021
    Food and beverage processing and packaging show still in Chicago's McCormick Place.