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.
 

• March 31-April 1, Northwest Meat Processors Association Convention, Best Western Riverside, Boise, ID
• March 31-April 1, South Dakota Association of Meat Processors, Sheraton Sioux Falls & Convention Center, Sioux Falls, SD

• April 13-16, Wisconsin Association of Meat Processors, Marriot Madison West, Middleton, WI
• April 27-30, Kansas Association of Meat Processors, Manhattan, KS
• April 27-30, Montana Meat Processors Association, Billings, MT

• May 11-13, Pennsylvania Association of Meat Processors, State College, PA

June

• June 9-11, Oklahoma-Texas Meat Processors Association, location TBA

​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

• March 28-30: HACCP Workshop ­– Spring, Iowa State University
  https://www.meatscience.ag.iastate.edu/shortcourse/haccp-workshop-spring

• March 28-30: Animal Handling & the Effect on Quality & Yield – Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
  https://www.ams.usda.gov/event/animal-handling-effect-quality-yield-short-course
   
• March 29-31: HACCP Workshop, Columbia, MO (Hosted by University of Missouri)
  https://www.asi.k-state.edu/research/meat-science/HACCPcourse.html

April 

• April 4-6: UltraSource Academy, UltraSource LLC, Kansas City, MO
  https://www.ultrasourceusa.com/ultrasource-academy
• ​April 11-13: Dry & Semi-Dry Sausage Short Course, Iowa State University
  https://www.meatscience.ag.iastate.edu/shortcourse/dry-semi-dry-sausage-short-course

May

• May 16-18: HACCP Plan Development for Food Processors (Online Course) – Rutgers University
  https://cpe.rutgers.edu/food-science-safety/haccp-plan-development

• May 17-18: Cattle & Carcass Grading and CME Acceptance Training – West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX
  https://www.ams.usda.gov/event/cattle-carcass-grading-and-cme-acceptance-training

June

• June 6-8: HACCP Workshop, Manhattan, KS (Hosted by Kansas State University
  https://www.asi.k-state.edu/research/meat-science/HACCPcourse.html
• June 13-15: Wisconsin Harvest & Fabrication School, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  https://meatsciences.cals.wisc.edu/event/wisconsin-meat-processing-school-2
• ​June 13-15: UltraSource Academy, UltraSource LLC, Kansas City, MO
  https://www.ultrasourceusa.com/ultrasource-academy
• June 15-16: Meat & Livestock Technology and CME Acceptance Training – University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
  https://www.ams.usda.gov/event/meat-livestock-technology-and-cme-acceptance-training-university-nebraska

July

• July 17-21: Sausage and Processed Meats, Iowa State University
  https://www.meatscience.ag.iastate.edu/shortcourse/sausage-and-processed-meat

August

• ​August 1-3: UltraSource Academy, UltraSource LLC, Kansas City, MO
  https://www.ultrasourceusa.com/ultrasource-academy
• ​August 16-17: BASIC HACCP Short Course, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  https://meatsciences.cals.wisc.edu/event/wisconsin-meat-processing-school-2
• August 22-24: HACCP for Meat and Poultry Processors, Penn State University
  https://foodscience.psu.edu/workshops/small-meat-and-poultry-processors

September

• September (Dates TBD): HACCP for Meat and Poultry Processors, Penn State University
  https://foodscience.psu.edu/workshops/small-meat-and-poultry-processors

• 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 27-29: HACCP Workshop, Olathe, KS (Hosted by Kansas State University)
  https://www.asi.k-state.edu/research/meat-science/HACCPcourse.html

October

• October (Dates TBD): 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/

November

• November (Dates TBD): Pork 101, Penn State University
  https://meatscience.org/events-education/pork-101

• November 14-16: Basic Sausage Short Course, Iowa State University
  https://www.meatscience.ag.iastate.edu/shortcourse/basic-sausage-short-course