(Fox Lake) State Representative Mark Born of Beaver Dam toured LeRoy Meats in Fox Lake this week to discuss initiatives important to the meat processing industry.
Several area meat processors from Pernat’s and Rechek’s attended as well as numerous Wisconsin Association of Meat Processors (WAMP) Board Members, including Ben Gehring-Gehring’s Meat Market in Hartford; Phil Schmidt-The Meat Block in Greenville and Dr. Jeff Sindelar, Professor and Extension Meat Specialist in the department of Animal Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The group covered two items that have been included in the 2023-2025 Wisconsin State Budget: additional funding for meat processing infrastructure grants and the Meat Talent Development Program, which provides funds for curriculum development and tuition assistance to individuals pursuing meat processing programming at Wisconsin universities, colleges, and technical schools.
