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Why Mobile Processing?
  • Humane treatment:  Animals are harvested in a stress-free, humane manner.  When animals are stressed they develop adrenalin which affects taste and tenderness

  • Local: Montana beef stays local.   In the conventional ranching model, calves are weaned  and shipped to a feedlot in the Midwest to be fattened for harvest. The distance traveled by a Montana steak from birth to plate averages 1500 food-miles.  That's not very local.

  • Safe and Traceable: The food chain is easier to follow when its shorter.  The unit is applying for a USDA Grant of Inspection.  The processing unit's unique identifier will be on the each carcass. 





  • Value-added:  The rancher receives a better return on his product when marketed locally.   

  • Fuel:  The mobile slaughter unit can carry up to 20 head at once to a final processor, saving on transport costs for the rancher.  Often the processor is more than two hours away, meaning several trips to bring 20 head to process, with a return trip empty. 

  • Jobs:  The mobile unit will employ five FTE plus a USDA inspector.  The ripple effect of the MSU approaches $10 million annually.