Gordon Relaunches Wyoming Meat Processing Grant
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Last year the governor's office allocated $10 million in funds for the WMPEGP which was open from September 15 2020 to the end of that year, and only used $3.4 million.
Over that time, 56 applications were submitted from 43 applicants, and of those, 38 applications were approved from 28 applicants.
This time around, Gordon has allocated $2 million in Federal CARES Act funds for the new grant program, which is used to help meat processing facilities address slowdowns that arose from COVID-19.
Gordon said:
“The significant processing bottlenecks that surfaced last year have not gone away. This program will continue to help improve our meat processing capacity and ensure Wyomingites have access to high-quality products. Our work assisting independent processors is important to our overall agriculture diversification efforts and helps to expand an important sector of our ag economy.”