Who We Are

Montana Premium Processing Cooperative (MPPC) is a Montana registered agriculture cooperative. There is a seven-person elected Board of Directors. As per the by-laws, all members are independent Montana producers. The facility is located in Havre, MT.

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MPPC is a multi-species livestock processing facility that will be USDA certified (Establishment # M47533). At full capacity, the facility is designed to process 12-15 head of animals per day. 

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Harvest slots will be awarded to members first. MPPC’s principal service is to provide local ranchers, with the intention to retail their own home-grown livestock, a reliable and consistent slaughter facility. Ranchers require reliable slaughter schedules to ensure supply for their customer base. 

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MPPC is collaborating with Montana State University-Northern to develop a Meat Science Curriculum. The MPPC facility will operate as the laboratory / training site for students enrolled in the degree program. MPPC joined with MSU-N to address the lack of labor in the meat processing industry by offering collegiate meat sciences training and business courses. 

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The primary goal of MPPC is to localize USDA certified meat processing in Montana to allow producers to retail a high quality product from their own ranch. Additionally, Montana has an approximately two-year wait for harvest slots due to lack of total in-state capacity. MPPC is expanding the capacity while allowing member-owners to have first rights to reservations to protect the product supply for their own retail businesses.