Abstractj & j processing is centrally located in a nine county region in southwest missouri containing 15% and 12% respectively of the state's cattle and HOG operations

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded $200,000 under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program to J&J Processing of Pierce City, Missouri. The award period is from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2024.

J&J Processing will use the funding to make improvements and carry out planning activities necessary to obtain a Federal Grant of Inspection. This will help the awardee access inspected small processing capacity in their region, which currently has only eight state and federally inspected small processing plants available to serve the area's significant cattle and hog operations. The funding will support J&J Processing's work towards inspection readiness, expanding local meat processing infrastructure in an area dependent on agricultural industries.

Only eight inspected (5 state, 3 USDA) small processing plants are available for use by…