USDA Unveils Plan to Help Build Small Meat Processing Plants

Weekly eNewsletter | July 19, 2021 | Volume 171

USDA Unveils Plan to Help Build Small Meat Processing Plants

The federal government promised Friday to spend $500 million to encourage the construction of smaller meat processing plants located closer to farmers who raise chickens, pigs and cows with the goal of diversifying an industry now largely run by a small number of large corporations.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the program in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in addition to another $150 million to be used for existing small processing facilities with unexpected costs. The goal is to help them recover from the coronavirus pandemic and compete better in the marketplace.

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