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The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $4,500,000.00 Cooperative Agreement to Tuskegee University under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity - Technical Assistance Grants program (CFDA 10.184). The agreement, effective May 17, 2023 through December 31, 2027, tasks Tuskegee University with providing technical assistance to support the applicants and awardees of USDA grant programs focused on expanding domestic meat and poultry...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) awarded a $415,814 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Missouri System to enhance AMS's ability to effectively enforce the Packers and Stockyards Act (PSA). The cooperative project has two primary elements: (1) Farmer-Producer Outreach and Engagement, and (2) the Cultivation of Economic Analysis useful for the enforcement of the PSA. The project aims to support AMS's market monitoring and intelligence capabilities...

This $1,200,000.00 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service under the Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection program (CFDA 10.477), supports the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) in operating a comprehensive meat and poultry inspection program. The primary objective is to ensure the safety, wholesomeness, and proper labeling of meat and poultry products produced in Mississippi and shipped in...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service awarded a $2,500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) to operate a meat and poultry inspection program. This grant, provided under the Cooperative Agreements with States for Intrastate Meat and Poultry Inspection (CFDA 10.475) program, will enable MDAC to ensure consumers have access to safe, wholesome, and properly labeled meat and poultry products through...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service provides $2,742,000.00 in funding to the Missouri Department of Agriculture to operate a meat and poultry inspection program. The grant is made under the Cooperative Agreements with States for Intrastate Meat and Poultry Inspection (CFDA 10.475) program, which aims to ensure consumers have access to safe, wholesome, and properly labeled meat and poultry products...

This $250,000 cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture's Office of the Chief Economist will fund research under the Agricultural Market and Economic Research program (CFDA #10.290). Oklahoma State University will lead a consortium of universities to conduct two research projects related to market concentration and sustainability in the livestock and meat supply systems. The first project involves a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of concentration and...

The Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service awarded a $1.8 million cooperative agreement to the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. The award will support Mississippi's operation of a meat and poultry inspection program under the Cooperative Agreements with States for Intrastate Meat and Poultry Inspection federal grant program (CFDA #10.475). Through this cooperative agreement, Mississippi will assure consumers an...

The Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service awarded a $1 million cooperative agreement to the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. The award will support Mississippi's operation of a meat and poultry inspection program to assure consumers have an adequate supply of safe, wholesome and properly labeled meat and poultry products. This aligns with the objectives of the Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection federal...

The United States Meat Export Federation Inc. was awarded a $19,500,000 Cooperative Agreement by the United States Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service under the Regional Agricultural Promotion Program (CFDA 10.618) to conduct approved market development activities intended to foster expanded exports and market diversification for U.S. agricultural commodities. The award, effective December 23, 2024, with a completion date of September 30, 2030, will support the...

The Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service awarded a $1,009,000 Cooperative Agreement to the State of Mississippi to operate the state's Meat and Poultry Inspection Program from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The award supports the state's delivery of meat and poultry inspection services to assure consumers have an adequate supply of safe, wholesome and properly labeled meat and poultry products, as outlined in the agency's Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products...