Opportunity Information: Apply for RD RBS 23 02 MPPEP
The Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) - Phase 2, administered by the USDA, provides grant funding to expand and improve meat and poultry processing capacity. This program, funded under the American Rescue Plan Act, aims to promote competition and increase options for producers by supporting new processing facilities and upgrading existing ones.
Grants will be awarded competitively, with a total of $123 million available through a cooperative agreement with the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund. The maximum grant is $10 million or 30% of the total project cost, whichever is lower, while the minimum is $250,000. Applicants must cover 70% of project costs through other funding sources.
Eligible applicants include tribes and tribal entities, for-profit and nonprofit organizations, producer-owned cooperatives, certified benefit corporations, and state or local government entities. Businesses must be independently and domestically owned, with facilities located in the U.S. or its territories. Applicants engaged in slaughter or further processing under USDA or state-equivalent inspection may apply. However, entities considered "nationally dominant" in beef, pork, chicken, or turkey processing—those with a market share equal to or greater than the fourth-largest processor—are ineligible.
Projects must focus on processing meat and poultry for human consumption. USDA will consider factors such as geography, business size, species processed, ownership structure, business model, impacts on underserved communities, and environmental sustainability when selecting awards. Technical assistance is available to help with the application process.Apply for RD RBS 23 02 MPPEP
- The Rural Business-Cooperative Service in the business and commerce, food and nutrition sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program - Phase 2" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.381.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-08-24.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-11-22. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2025.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $10,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.
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