Ruthven Meat Processing, Inc.

Improving Processing, Storage, and Smoked Product Resources at Ruthven Meats to Help Earn Cis Statusruthven Meat Processing Is a Multi-species, Very Small Slaughter and Processing Plant Located in the Rural Community of Ruthven, Iowa. as a Family-owned Business, We Operated a 6,422 SQ. FT. Facility With 12 Full-time and 6 Part-time Employees Split Between Our Two Locations. We Offer State-inspected Slaughter and Processing Services for ~1,040 Unique Farmers Each Year. We Process Value-added Products Like Smoked Jerky and Sticks, Bacon, Ham and Brats. While Year-over-year We Have Increased Processing Capacity by ~15 Percent, or Facility Is Lacking Key Modernization Projects Necessary to Help Us Achieve the Cooperative Interstate Shipment Status We Need to Expand Any Further and Comply With Fsis Protocols.in This Project, We Propose Adding Modernized Smokehouse to Ensure Food Safety Even as We Increase Our Production. We Also Propose the Addition of "ready to Eat" Cooler System to Comply With Fsis Requirements on Product Separation. Finally, We Include Here a New Building Expansion Necessary to Ensure Our Environmental and Safe Handling Compliance as We Scale Up Harvest and Processing Operations.altogether, We Estimate That the Project Will Generate $1,032,000 Million in New Sales and Help Us Create 3 Jobs. With These Improvements, We Estimate an Increase in Our Production Capacity of 1,073,280 Total Pounds During the Grant Period.