meat processing

In a recent press release, Oregon State University Extension Service announced they received a three-year, $650,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

With few options locally or regionally for many livestock producers, legislation was introduced in Washington D.C. to help expand the available meat processing resources.

The funding is part of an ongoing effort to boost economic development and enable Oregonians access to locally produced meat products.

On Monday, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced an $89 million investment to finance the startup and expansion of independent meat processors.  USDA also announced the department's initial steps to create a more competitive marketplace for seeds and other agricultural inputs.  Vilsack...

The Department of Agriculture this week announced a $59 million investment to increase independent meat and poultry processing capacity.  The funding also seeks to expand market opportunities for farmers and create jobs in rural areas.  The investment is part of the Biden administration's Action Plan for a Fairer, More Competitive, and More Resilient Meat and Poultry Supply Chain.  The action p...

Representatives Chellie Pingree of Maine and Jim Baird of Indiana, along with Senators John Thune of South Dakota and Sherrod Brown of Ohio, plan to reintroduce legislation to support small meat and poultry processors.  Supporters of the Strengthening Local Processing Act say the legislation will diversify and make U.S. m...

Oregon’s Department of Agriculture is awarding $2 million in grants to improve meat processing capacity across the state.  ODA’s Theresa Yoshioka said the legislature approved the funding to increase capacity when the pandemic caused food supply-chain issues. “As people became...

The meat and poultry processing industry is a unique business with its own language; its own set of risks. Many bankers and other lenders may not be familiar enough with that business to want to loan money for meat and poultry processing projects ...

Plans are in development to construct a $1.1 Billion next-generation livestock processing facility in western South Dakota. The one-million-square-foot facility will process beef and include a specialty bison line. Kingsbury and Associates and Sirius Realty of Rapid City, South Dakota, are currently in the research and development phase of the project ...

Earlier this year, Agriculture Secretary Tom Villsack told a Capitol Hill hearing on competition in the meat processing industry: " We're gonna come up with a very creative way to significantly expand processing capacity in this country ...