Meat processing plants in Nebraska
Nebraska has 57 meat processors in EPA records, facilities that list codes for meat and poultry slaughtering and processing. The most are in Omaha, Lexington and Fremont. That is 4% of the 1,589 such facilities nationwide, and Nebraska ranks #9 of 46 states.
- Product
- Meat processing plants
- Facilities
- 57
- State rank
- #9
- NAICS
- 311611 and 3 related codes
- Revised
- November 1, 2026
Facilities in Nebraska
These are active facilities in EPA's ECHO database that list a code for meat and poultry slaughtering and processing. The 40 shown first are the ones with the most EPA program records, which usually means the larger sites.
| Facility | City | What EPA lists |
|---|---|---|
| Cargill Meat Solutions | Schuyler | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Smithfield Farmland Corp-Crete | Crete | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc - Dakota City-Treatment Plant 001 | Dakota City | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Tyson Fresh Meats Inc | Lexington | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Lincoln Premium Poultry LLC | Fremont | Poultry Processing |
| JBS Swift Beef Processing Facility | Grand Island | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Cargill Meat Solutions Corp | Nebraska City | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Farmland Foods Inc (Cook's Ham) | Lincoln | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Tecumseh Poultry LLC (DBA Mba Poultry) | Tecumseh | Poultry Processing |
| Armour Swift Eckrich Deli Foodservice Company | Omaha | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Cargill Value Added Meats | Columbus | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Tyson Foods | Omaha | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Wholestone Farms Cooperative Inc | Fremont | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Darling International Inc | Lexington | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Gibbon Packing LLC | Gibbon | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Henningsen Foods Inc. | Norfolk | Poultry Processing |
| Skylark Meats LLC | Omaha | Meat Processed from Carcasses |
| Beef Products Inc (Ssc) | South Sioux City | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Darling Ingredients Inc | Wahoo | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Tyson Foods, Inc. | Madison | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Henningsen Foods Inc | David City | Poultry Processing |
| West Point Dairy Products LLC | West Point | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Greater Omaha Packing Co., Inc. | Omaha | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| National By-Products Incorporated | Bellevue | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Sustainable Beef LLC | North Platte | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Hartington Rendering | Hartington | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Nebraska Beef | Omaha | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Noah's Ark Processors LLC DBA Wr Reserve | Hastings | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Open Range Beef LLC | Gordon | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.-Lexington | Lexington | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Armour Food Co | Hastings | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Beef America | Omaha | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Bhj USA, LLC | Omaha | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Cargill | Columbus | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Central Nebraska Packing Inc | North Platte | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Chuckwagon Meats LLC | Arthur | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Colorado Naturals LLC | Falls City | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
| Darling Ingredients Inc | Hamlet | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Darling Ingredients Inc | Omaha | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
| Darling International Inc | Omaha | Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing |
Industry codes are reported by facilities to EPA programs and are not checked here. A few listings may be repair shops, distributors or recyclers. How these records work.
Where they are
- Omaha: 16
- Lexington: 3
- Fremont: 2
- Grand Island: 2
- Lincoln: 2
- Columbus: 2
By product code
- Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering (NAICS 311611): 25 of those shown
- Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing (NAICS 311613): 8 of those shown
- Poultry Processing (NAICS 311615): 4 of those shown
- Meat Processed from Carcasses (NAICS 311612): 3 of those shown
All food manufacturing in Nebraska: 210 facilities and Census job counts.