An average 545,000 workers are employed by 4,500 establishments in NAICS 3116, animal slaughtering and processing, earning an average $1,050 a week in 2024 or $26 an hour. Over half of meat employment ...

A butcher is very different from a meat cutter and a master butcher is considered the apex of the profession. “There is quite a lot of training to do to become a butcher,” Dudley said.

On April 18, the University of Missouri broke ground on the Michael L. Parson Meat Science Education and Training Laboratory, a 25,000-square-foot facility dedicated to agricultural education, ...