The Circle P Processing LLC was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The grant funding will support modernizing equipment and increasing safety standards at Circle P Processing's meat processing facility in Waterville, Kansas through September 2024. Upon completing the facility upgrades and passing a federal inspection, the facility will be approved to process meat products under federal inspection standards. The Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants program aims to help eligible meat and poultry slaughter and processing facilities make necessary improvements and carry out planning activities to obtain a Federal "Grant of Inspection" and comply with federal inspection requirements.