Meat Processors Want a Part in Ag Worker Solutions

This week, the Meat Institute called for the processing sector, a critical part of the meat and poultry supply chain, to be included in the Trump administration’s plans for a stable and legal agriculture workforce. 

“As reforms are considered, we urge the Trump administration to include meat and poultry packers and processors in the efforts to improve agriculture worker programs,” said Julie Anna Potts, President and CEO of the Meat Institute. 

Processors Keep The Rural Economy Moving

More than 850,000 cattle ranchers, poultry growers and hog farmers across the nation rely on meat packers to market their animals, and consumers rely on processors for the nutrient-dense meat and poultry they feed their families.  Potts added meat and poultry processors keep the rural economy moving by producing the beef, pork, and poultry purchased by 98% of American households.  She added the packing industry needs changes to the H-2A program as well as modernization of E-Verify to ensure processors have a year-round workforce.

Click Here to read the Meat Institute's call in its entirety.

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