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INDUSTRY OUTLOOK

"One of the
reasons
this [labor]
shortage is
occurring is
that the older
maintenance
people are
retiring and
not enough
qualified
young people
are available
to replace
them."
- DR. TEMPLE GRANDIN

beef, pork, lamb, veal and seafood. Companies
were categorized based on gross annual sales
for fiscal year 2016. Companies with less
than $50 million in annual sales totaled 110;
34 companies reported annual sales of $50
million to $99 million; 76 companies reported
annual sales of $100 million to $499 million;
and 102 companies had annual sales of $500
million or more.
Among those companies, 144 respondents
worked at companies that reported annual
sales of less than $50 million or $50 million to
$499 million; while 178 respondents worked at
companies in the $100 million to $499 million
and $500 million-plus annual sales range.
Twenty-eight percent of respondents
were CEOs/executive management, while
18 percent of respondents identified as
working in operations/manufacturing/
product management. R&D/quality assurance
management and sales/marketing management
tied with 16 percent of respondents each,
followed by plant/general management (12

percent); purchasing management (8 percent);
and financial management (2 percent).

TELLING RESULTS
Ask a meat and poultry processor what is their
main business concern and food safety usually
tops the list. But the M+P study found that food
safety came in a close second, at 56 percent, to
concerns about the lack of skilled labor which
garnered 59 percent of all survey responses.
Temple Grandin, Ph.D., professor of animal
science at Colorado State Univ. and longtime
M+P columnist, recently wrote about the
shortage of skilled workers facing the meat
and poultry processing industry in her "From
the Corral" column.
"One of the reasons this shortage is
occurring is that the older maintenance people
are retiring and not enough qualified young
people are available to replace them," Grandin
wrote. "A major cause of this shortage is that
many high schools no longer offer classes in
skilled trades such as welding, auto mechanics

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