State Affiliate & Industry Events

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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

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​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

• 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/

• October 31-November 2: Pork 101, Penn State University; Hosted by American Meat Science Association
  https://meatscience.org/events-education/pork-101

November

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