Project Grant 21MPIRGND1104
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded Spruce Hill Meats LLC a $247,907 Project Grant on September 23, 2025, under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP, CFDA 10.175) to support the development and expansion of local and regional food systems. The funding will support the company's efforts to enhance direct and indirect producer-to-consumer marketing channels and develop value-added meat products through September 23, 2027. As a...
- 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...
- Falls Meat Service, 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 (CFDA 10.180). The grant will fund an expansion of the recipient's meat processing facility and operations to increase capacity for butchering and processing under USDA federal inspection. Specifically, the award will double freezer space, increase cooler space, and extend...
- 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...
- The A & C Meat Company, 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 grant funds will support expansion of the company's existing meat processing facility and acquisition of equipment to allow it to obtain federal inspection status and better serve consumer and producer demand. Specifically, the company will construct...
- Lakeside Meats, LLC was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant 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 equipment upgrades and building repairs at Lakeside Meats' processing facility in Devils Lake, North Dakota to meet requirements for Cooperative Interstate Shipment compliance. Achieving this status will allow the company to expand its fee-based...
- Backroad Meats, Inc. was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant 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 facility upgrades and equipment purchases necessary for Backroad Meats to obtain a Federal Grant of Inspection. Specifically, the grant funds will be used to construct a 26'x35' addition with a larger 15'x25' freezer, upgrade the 10'x10' cooler,...
- The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded Dakota Butcher - Clark, Inc. a $200,000 Project Grant under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The funding will support improvements to increase holding pen, cold hanging storage and freezer space at the recipient's Clark, South Dakota meat processing facility. It will also upgrade the facility's rail system, grinders, saws and sanitizing process. These enhancements...
- Mountain View Custom Meats was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The grant will support modernizing Mountain View Custom Meat's equipment to prepare for a Federal Grant of Inspection and meet forecasted production increases of over 1.2 million pounds during the grant period ending September 2024. Planned upgrades include a new...
- 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 Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded Spruce Hill Meats LLC $200,000 under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180) to modernize its meat processing facility in Bowman, ND. With the funding, Spruce Hill Meats will upgrade meat smoking equipment and add a smoking room, purchase key equipment like a vacuum tumbler and carcass splitting saw, install a table top vacuum packaging machine and point of sale system, and hire a consultant to develop food safety protocols. These improvements aim to increase the facility's processing capacity by 25% and allow the company to offer both retail and wholesale meat products as a federally inspected facility. The award period runs from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2024.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $200.0k | 9/23/21 |