# Getting rid of guts and other scraps is holding back small, Midwestern meat processors

> Small Midwestern processors must pay to dispose of inedible byproducts such as guts, which cuts into their profits. Federal funding of $600 million in grants and loans is meant to help small meatpackers expand and seek federal inspection. Many small processors still struggle with leftover disposal costs.

- Date: 2021-12-21 · published 2021-12-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43738-getting-rid-of-guts-and-other-scraps-is-holding-back-small-midwestern-meat
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Limited byproduct value at small plants reduces their competitiveness and may keep rendering and byproduct supply concentrated in large packers.

## Sources

- ipm.org: https://www.ipm.org/show/eartheats/2021-12-21/getting-rid-of-guts-and-other-scraps-is-holding-back-small-midwestern-meat-processors

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