Slaughterhouse Feasibility and Business Planning

How do you know whether you will have sufficient demand to sustain your slaughterhouse business? Hearing from many of your neighbors about their difficulties getting slaughter dates for their animals is not enough to justify the investment required to build a slaughterhouse. Will you have enough demand from January through July to pay your overhead expenses and your employees? Will you have enough of those “bread and butter” customers who can bring you animals every week or every month of the year?

Figuring out the answers to these questions and others like them is essential before you invest money in building a facility. The Niche Meat Processors Assistance Network (NMPAN) offers excellent guidance on feasibility studies and business planning, with links to case studies and templates.