My name is Joseph Egloff and I own and operate MidSouth Packers, LLC. The idea of building my own packing house grew from a need to expand my farm to table cattle operation, Rocking Chair Ranch Cattle. As most small farmers will tell you, the ability to grow your business is limited to the amount of beef you can get processed and I could not get enough beef processed to grow my business. 

While attending a business seminar, I was fortunate enough to meet Rob Martin and Peter Williams with the University of Georgia Small Development Center (SBDC). They advised, “if processing is your bottleneck, then build a processing plant.” So, we gathered information and Peter ran numbers and re-ran numbers and everything looked promising. A business plan was written, financing was secured, and then the hard part began. Almost four years later, we are up and operating.

Growing up in Okolona, Mississippi I often went with my daddy, Herbert Egloff, to drop off hogs at the local packing house. After my daddy died, my mother remarried a man named Jessie Herndon. He also worked at that same packing house, Mid-South Packers in Tupelo, MS. Mid-South Packers has been closed for a long time, so when trying to come up with a name for my business I decided to honor my Mississippi roots and name my plant MidSouth Packers.

There is a growing need for farm to table beef and my goal as a meat packer is help other small farmers get their product directly to the consumer. I really appreciate you taking the time to read my story and I hope we can help your dreams come true, too!