AMS encourages applications that serve smaller farms and ranches, new and beginning farmers and ranchers, underserved producers, veteran producers and underserved communities.
Lot 279 LLC in Nebraska is using a Value-Added Producer Grant to process, market, distribute and advertise their direct-to-consumer beef cattle cuts and shares.
The company will award scholarships totaling $25,000 to children of employees and another $40,000 in scholarships to 2024 high school graduates in communities where Seaboard Foods operates.
USDA is partnering with the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund to make $123 million in grants available through the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program.
Participating in the funding are River Ranch Farms in Hanford, Calif., Bar 20 Dairy in Kerman, Calif., Producers Dairy Products in Fresno, Calif., De Jong Family Farms in Francesville, Ind., and additional agriculture leaders.
Funds will be used for construction of a multi-use community sports field, complete with a parking lot, seating and storage facilities in the Independence School District.