CCE Livestock Program Workteam
News, Updates & Recent Publications
Logistics of Sales and Shipping Meat
Hear from three experienced panelists about setting up an online store, different web platforms, accepting payments, updating inventory, meat selection, subscriptions versus a la carte orders, boxes, insulation, dry ice, maintaining cold chain, shipping carriers, costs, and regulations.
On-Farm Poultry Processing
This self-paced online course contains details videos on proper food-safe techniques for processing broilers (and turkeys) on-farm under the 1,000-bird exemption.
Guide to Direct Marketing Livestock and Poultry
A guide to the regulations every livestock producer should know, providing details on everything from meat certifications to butchering cuts. It has undergone an extensive review to align with current food safety regulations.
Red Meat Processing in NYS: Bottleneck in the Local Food Economy
The livestock industry provides value to NYS by contributing approximately $893M in sales to the economy and supplies nutrient-dense food for local consumers. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the weaknesses in the current NYS livestock supply chain, especially the bottleneck of meat processing.