State Affiliate & Industry Events
AAMP has numerous state, regional, and provincial associations representing meat and poultry businesses. These affiliated members also have their own individual meetings around the United States. For questions relating to specifically affiliated meetings, please contact the individual association directly here.
2024 State Affiliate Convention Dates
February 22-24: Joint Illinois Association of Meat Processors/Indiana Meat Packers & Processors Association – Embassy Suites, Plainfield, IN
February 23-25: California Asociation of Meat Processors – UC-Davis, Davis, CA
March 14-16: Minnesota Association of Meat Processors – River's Edge Convention Center, St. Cloud, MN
March 15-16: Nebraska Association of Meat Processors
April 11-14: Wisconsin Association of Meat Processors – Marriott Madison West-Middleton
2023 Meat Industry Short Courses/Webinars
Self-Paced/On-Demand
- Western Meat School – Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network
- Meat Processor Academy – Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network
- Basic HACCP Certification – Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership
- Advanced HACCP Certification – Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership
September
- September 12-14: Fresh Beef Processing Short Course – Fall, Iowa State University
https://www.meatscience.ag.iastate.edu/shortcourse/fresh-beef-processing-short-course-fall - September 13, 3PM Eastern: Webinar, USDA Rural Development, MPPEP Phase II Program
https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_Z8Wbb-pVR5-2gVyQpwsdtg - September 21-23: HACCP Certification Course, Maryville, MO
https://cvent.me/YyXdK5 - September 27-29: HACCP Workshop, Olathe, KS (Hosted by Kansas State University)
https://www.asi.k-state.edu/research/meat-science/HACCPcourse.html
October
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October 3-4: Beef Cattle Short Course, Penn State University
https://extension.psu.edu/beef-short-course - October 3-5: UltraSource Academy, UltraSource LLC, Kansas City, MO (In Spanish)
https://www.ultrasourceusa.com/ultrasource-academy -
October 3-5: HACCP Workshop – Fall, Iowa State University
https://www.meatscience.ag.iastate.edu/shortcourse/haccp-workshop-fall - October 10-12: Advanced Food Safety & Meat Microbiology School, University of Wisconsin-Madison
https://meatsciences.cals.wisc.edu/event/wisconsin-meat-processing-school-2/
- October 16-18: Pork 101, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; Hosted by American Meat Science Association
- October 17-19: Basic HACCP Training for Meat, Poultry, Catfish and other Food Processors, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
https://www.fsnhp.msstate.edu/workshops/haccp/
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October 31-November 2: Pork 101, Penn State University; Hosted by American Meat Science Association
https://meatscience.org/events-education/pork-101
November
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November 14-16: Basic Sausage Short Course, Iowa State University
https://www.meatscience.ag.iastate.edu/shortcourse/basic-sausage-short-course