Billybobs Butcher Shop, 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. The grant will support facility improvements and planning activities to allow the small, state-inspected processor to obtain federal inspection status over the three-year period ending September 2024. As a rural northeast Oregon business, Billybobs will be better equipped to serve local small farmers and ranchers by expanding operations and processing efficiencies with this funding assistance. The grant objectives align with the stated CFDA program goal of helping eligible meat and poultry facilities prepare for a Federal Grant of Inspection.