Woodland Bison, Inc.

Woodland Bison, Inc. is a very small USDA-inspected establishment at 10620 Stricker Road in Memphis, Indiana, in Clark County. It operates under establishment numbers M20411 and V20411, with a grant of inspection dated June 1, 2006. FSIS lists its activities as food inspection, meat processing, meat slaughter, and voluntary processing and voluntary slaughter of meat. The plant does business under several names on the federal record, including Bluegrass Bison, Buffalo Crossing, Kentucky Bison, Lewis and Clark, Memphis Meat Processing, Vista Grand Ranch, and Woodland Farm.

The species slaughtered under inspection, as reported to FSIS, are cattle, hogs, and bison. The plant reports custom-exempt slaughter, meaning it processes animals owned by the customer with packages marked Not for Sale, and it also reports retail-exempt sales. Its FSIS slaughter volume category is 1.0, which indicates fewer than 1,000 head per year.

No website is on file for this establishment. Directory listings describe it as a custom meat processor serving farms in the area, and one secondary listing mentions cattle, sheep, goat, and pig processing, which differs from the cattle, hogs, and bison reported to FSIS. Hours, pricing, booking practices, cut and wrap options, and retail details are not yet on file beyond the federal record.

The federal record shows slaughter under inspection for cattle, hogs, and bison, plus custom-exempt slaughter of animals owned by the customer, with those packages marked Not for Sale. FSIS classes the plant as very small, with a slaughter volume category of under 1,000 head per year, so capacity is limited. One secondary directory lists cattle, sheep, goat, and pig processing, which does not match the species reported to FSIS; farmers should confirm species directly. Booking windows, lead times, minimums, kill fees, and cut and wrap charges are not stated in any source on file. Contact the plant at (812) 246-9911 to confirm what work it accepts, as listed.

Woodland Bison, Inc. reports custom-exempt slaughter to FSIS, which means it can process an animal a customer already owns (a whole, half, or share bought before slaughter) and return it in packages marked Not for Sale. Most small farms have one or two plants they book with, and the plant's calendar decides the delivery date.

The establishment reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS, which means some product may be sold directly to consumers, but no source on file names a retail counter, hours, bundles, halves or quarters, online ordering, delivery, or shipping. Households buying a whole or half animal from a farmer can have it processed here under custom exemption, in which case the packages are marked Not for Sale and are for the owner's use.

If you are buying a half or quarter animal, the plant is where the animal is processed; the farm sells you the animal. Read how to buy a half cow for the sequence and the math.