The meat-packing industry handles the slaughtering, processing, packaging and distribution of meat from livestock such as cattle, pigs and sheep, generally excluding poultry. It forms the greater part of the wider meat industry and is primarily focused on producing meat for human consumption, but it also yields by-products including hides, dried blood, protein meals such as meat and bone meal, and, through the process of rendering, fats. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Why are meat-packing plants built near farms and feedlots?
Packers buy livestock locally, so plants sit near hog farms and cattle feedlots.
In the United States, meatpackers usually buy hogs locally, within about 150 miles of the slaughterhouse, so hog plants are located near hog farms. Cattle slaughter plants likewise locate near cattle feedlots.
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Additional Source Wikipedia: Global Industry Classification StandardGICS: Packaged Foods & Meats
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The meat-packing industry (also spelled meatpacking industry or meat packing industry) handles the slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distribution of meat from animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep and other livestock.
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