Dan Emery

Dan Emery

Dan Emery has 25 years experience in the food industry, including 15 as vice president of marketing at Pilgrim's Pride. He is directing Meaningful Solutions, a company founded to assist clients in solving problems.
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Special Report | State of the Industry 2020

Epic disruption: 2020 state of the industry overview

Any plans for 2020 were shredded as the novel coronavirus spread, and today the animal protein industry is still finding its way through the mess of a COVID-19 pandemic that hasn’t yet ended.
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Dan Emery
October 2, 2020
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Because of COVID-19, 2020 is the ultimate anomaly. Millions of Americans are working from home or sequestered at home. The marketplace disruption caused by COVID-19 spells uncertainty for the year’s most anticipated food and beverage trends.


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Cornfield Maze
State of the Industry 2019 | Overview

State of the Meat and Poultry Industry 2019: Maze runners

As consumer demand branches off in every direction imaginable, meat and poultry processors are forced to traverse numerous trails and form new alliances, hoping to find success and avoid dead ends.
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Dan Emery
October 9, 2019
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The meat and poultry industry faces challenges from every angle, in every form, as it heads toward 2020 with a mix of positivity and uncertainty on its mind.
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Box of Chocolates
Business Strategies | 2019 Outlook

2019 Meat & Poultry Industry Outlook: A box of chocolates

Plenty of delicious opportunities exist for the industry, but 2019 could also produce some undesirable outcomes if the wrong choices are made.
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Dan Emery
January 25, 2019
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Welcome to 2019, a year filled with potential greatness, but also potential disappointment. Grab a chocolate from the symbolic business box, take a bite and hope for the best!
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2018 Crop Report

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Dan Emery
August 21, 2018
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The 2018 growing season was delayed by 10 to 14 days by an extended winter and wet planting season. But a warm May and lots of moisture combined with near-perfect June weather leading up to July 4 in most growing regions may increase growth and yield.
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Pendulum
Business Strategies | 2018 Outlook

Pendulum swings positive for meat and poultry industry

With fewer wild cards, the outlook for 2018 appears to offer more promising possibilities for the meat and poultry industries.
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Dan Emery
January 26, 2018
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Our current situation has Sonny Perdue, a degreed veterinarian and no stranger to the chicken industry, reorganizing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in a way that will have favorable effects on our ability to do business. As a result, the regulatory outlook for the next three years is encouraging.
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