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Oct 28, 2026
Mike OppermanHOST
The $57.4 million rollout provides grant funding across 40 states.
Mike OppermanHOST
to independently owned domestic processors and producer cooperatives administered via USDA's Rural Business Cooperative Service.
Mike OppermanHOST
What it means for cattle producers is alternative bids and regional shackle space.
Mike OppermanHOST
By directing funds to 147 independent facilities, the initiative aims to build resilient distributed harvesting capacity.
Sarah HeinrichHOST
Processors in 40 states are expected to receive $57 million to expand their capacity and create new and better markets through the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program.
Sarah HeinrichHOST
MPPEP is managed by USDA Rural Development's Rural Business Cooperative Services and pending congressional allotment will be investing more than $57 million in 147 tentative awards across 40 states.
Sarah HeinrichHOST
USDA's MPPEP provides grants to help eligible independent processors expand their capacity.
Sarah HeinrichHOST
USDA Rural Development designed the program to encourage competition in and sustainable growth in the United States meat processing sector and improve supply chain resiliency.
Teresa WhitakerNARRATOR
According to the Thursday announcement, the proposed funding will support fertilizer manufacturing in Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Tennessee, Nebraska, Illinois, South Dakota, Florida, Texas, Oregon, New Mexico, Virginia, California, Arizona, Kansas, and Indiana.
Teresa WhitakerNARRATOR
USDA is pledging more than $573 million in proposed funding through USDA Rural Development's Rural Business Cooperative Service to eight projects, several of which will serve multiple states.
Teresa WhitakerNARRATOR
Cody Cornell, a USDA policy advisor, said at the news conference that part of the funding came from fertilizer product expansion program funds that were not utilized by the Biden administration.
Teresa WhitakerNARRATOR
The selected projects will boost the production of a spread of nutrients needed by farmers.
Pat SteeleNARRATOR
The total project investment is around $1.34 billion.
Pat SteeleNARRATOR
USDA is pledging more than $573 million in proposed funding through USDA Rural Development's Rural Business Cooperative Service to eight projects.
Pat SteeleNARRATOR
several of which will serve multiple states.
Pat SteeleNARRATOR
Cody Cornell, a USDA advisor, said in the press conference that part of the funding came from the fertilizer product expansion program funds that were not used by the Biden administration.