Project Grant 20227042638525

Country Meats Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program. The award will support facility upgrades and process improvements to enable Country Meats to become a cooperative interstate shipment facility. Specifically, the funding will remodel the freezer to expand storage capacity by 20%, upgrade the slaughterroom to double capacity to 34...

The Farmers Union Foundation received a $834,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service's Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program (CFDA 10.382) in May 2023. Through this two-year grant, the Foundation will provide financing and equipment to support workforce development and capacity building for small meat and poultry processors in Minnesota. As an intermediary lender, the Foundation will facilitate loans to qualified processors to increase their...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $5 million Project Grant to the Center For Rural Affairs through the Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program (CFDA 10.382). The two-year grant will facilitate financing to qualified meat and poultry processors in Nebraska to increase processing capacity. The Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program provides grants to intermediaries that offer loans to help startup and expand small meat and poultry processors, thereby...

The US Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded Home Place Pastures LLC a $508,784 Project Grant under the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (CFDA 10.381). The grant will support expansion of the awardee's meat processing operations from October 2022 through October 2024. The Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program aims to increase processing capacity and options for producers by providing start-up and expansion grants to meat and poultry processors. Home Place...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $2.1 million Project Grant to Planning & Development District III Inc. under the Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program (CFDA 10.382). The grant will facilitate financing to qualified meat and poultry processors in South Dakota to increase processing capacity from Mar 2, 2023 to Mar 2, 2025. As an intermediary lender, Planning & Development District III Inc. will provide loans to eligible ultimate recipients for...

The Brightwater Meat Institute at Northwest Arkansas Community College will receive $650,000 under a three-year Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The grant will support the development of a one-semester training program in whole animal butchery and charcuterie to foster local food system development and decentralize the meat processing industry. Students will...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded Corning Meat Processing Service, Inc. a $200,000 Project Grant under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The grant funds will allow the awardee to upgrade critical facility infrastructure and equipment in order to become an approved cooperative interstate shipment facility and expand sales of smoked meat products into surrounding states. Key activities to be funded...

Hatch's Custom Meat Cutting, LLC received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The funding will support expansion and upgrades to Hatch's existing small, state-inspected slaughterhouse and custom meat processing facility in Crystal, Maine to increase its processing capacity. Grant funds will be used for facility improvements like...

This $3.673 million Project Grant from the Department of Commerce's Economic Adjustment Assistance program will support the Farmers Union Foundation's purchase of mobile meat slaughtering and processing equipment. The Foundation will partner with Central Lakes College and Ridgewater College to launch two meat processing certificate programs using the new equipment for hands-on instruction. The programs aim to train adults and non-traditional students for in-demand jobs in Minnesota's high-need...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Washington Office Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $2,000,000.00 Project Grant on May 24, 2023 to the South Central Development Company, a non-profit community development corporation, through the Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program (CFDA 10.382). The grant aims to facilitate financing for the start-up or expansion of meat and poultry processors, with the goal of increasing processing capacity and helping to create a more...