It’s hot out there this week. Temperatures have reached the mid-90s in many parts of the state, and the forecast shows we’re in for similar weather this weekend. And the state has released its 10-year energy plan. What does this mean for rising energy costs in New Hampshire?
Farmers across New England have been stymied by a regional lack of animal processing facilities. In New Hampshire, there are only four USDA licensed slaughterhouses, according to a legislative report from 2021. The state has no USDA inspected facilities for poultry slaughter and there are only three facilities in all of New England that process birds from New Hampshire.
As slaughterhouse capacity shortages complicate business for livestock farmers, two sausage makers are starting their own animal processing facility in Maine.