small producer production knowledge support
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Small Producer Production Knowledge Support. Status. Small producers are important members of the U.S. pork industry Small % of the total pork produced Large number of the producers Small Producers Do not deliver to major packing plants Market their pork directly to their customers. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Small Producer Production Knowledge Support
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Status
• Small producers are important members of the U.S. pork industry– Small % of the total pork produced– Large number of the producers
• Small Producers– Do not deliver to major packing plants– Market their pork directly to their customers
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Status• In states outside major pork production regions
(Midwest, panhandle of OK and TX, and North Carolina) small producers are critical members in their state associations.
• Information and educational support systems for small producers is fragmented.
• Small producers can impact national efforts around pork safety, pork quality, herd health and monitoring and animal well-being.
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Tactic
• Complete the population of the Niche Pork domain– Review existing and determine new fact sheets to
develop– Compile fact sheets into a small producers
handbook– Work to secure state association financial support
to collaborate on providing small producer support
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Evaluations
• Short term– Number of fact sheets completed to fill the Niche
Pork domain – Number of small producer handbooks distributed
• Long Term– Number of state associations providing financial
support to deliver small producer information and education programs
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