In Ep. 86, we’ll discuss automation with Michael Crump, senior director of Fresh Operations at Wayne Farms, who notes specific ways that automation is changing the poultry processing industry. The deboning process, in particular, has become more advanced over the last decade or so and Crump describes how automated systems at meat processing plants have sped up specific tasks, but also have impacted jobs at modernized facilities. Crump oversees the company’s big bird deboning operations at Wayne Farms plants in Laurel, Miss., Pendergrass, Ga. and Union Springs, Ala., and other facilities after a career that included 14 years at Pilgrim’s Pride in a variety of roles.
