农业部投资5742万美元扩大肉类加工产能：40个州147个项目惠及中小加工商与牧场主
美国农业部（USDA）10月26日宣布，副总统万斯与农业部长布鲁克·罗林斯公布「肉类与家禽加工扩能计划」（MPPEP）新一批投资：40个州的牧场主预计将获得总额57,424,130美元的资助，用于扩大加工产能、开拓新市场，共147个暂定授奖项目。
罗林斯表示，特朗普总统致力于把美国牧场主放在第一位，这项对中小型肉类加工商的投资落实了总统关于促进牲畜市场公平竞争、扩大美国肉类生产商市场准入的行政令；重建美国牛群需要更多本地加工机会，让牧场主有信心扩产。该计划由农业部乡村发展署的乡村商业合作服务处管理，向独立拥有、国内所有的营利与非营利实体、生产者合作社、部落及州与地方政府开放申请。
农业部表示，MPPEP迄今已向独立企业授奖超过2亿美元，相关项目在全美创造了数千个就业岗位，目标是鼓励肉类加工行业的竞争与可持续增长、增强供应链韧性。
USDA to Invest $57 Million to Boost Meat Processing Capacity: 147 Tentative Awards Across 40 States
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on October 26 that Vice President J.D. Vance and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins will direct $57,424,130 to ranchers in 40 states to expand capacity and create new and better markets through the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP), in 147 tentative awards.
Rollins said President Trump is focused on putting American ranchers first, and that the investment in small and medium-sized meat processors builds on his executive order promoting fair competition in livestock markets and expanding market access for American meat producers. Rebuilding the American cattle herd, she said, requires more local processing opportunities to give ranchers confidence to grow. The program is managed by USDA Rural Development's Rural Business-Cooperative Services and is open to independently owned, domestically owned for-profit and nonprofit entities, producer-owned cooperatives, Tribes and Tribal entities, and state or local governments.
USDA said it has awarded more than $200 million to independent businesses under MPPEP, creating thousands of jobs, in a program designed to encourage competition and sustainable growth in the meat processing sector and improve supply chain resiliency.
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