农业部2460万美元贷款担保支持德州Dimmitt新建牛肉加工厂：日加工约400头牛、新创220个岗位
美国农业部10月29日宣布，通过商业与工业（B&I）贷款担保计划，为德克萨斯州 Dimmitt 一座新建牛肉加工厂提供2460万美元商业贷款担保。该厂为本地所有、接受农业部检验，预计日加工约400头牛，新创220个工作岗位，平均时薪约30美元。项目由36名本地投资者发起。
副总统万斯宣布了这一支持。农业部长布鲁克·罗林斯（Brooke Rollins）表示，这类投资旨在把牛肉加工能力建在牧场与养牛社区本地，减少生产者对少数大型加工企业的依赖，并让更多价值留在农村地区。
Dimmitt 位于德州狭长地带（Panhandle），周边是美国主要的肉牛养殖区之一。新厂建成后，当地养殖户可就近送加工，缩短运输距离。
USDA $24.6 Million Loan Guarantee Backs New Beef Processing Plant in Dimmitt, Texas: About 400 Head a Day, 220 New Jobs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on October 29 a $24.6 million business loan guarantee, through its Business & Industry (B&I) program, for a new beef processing plant in Dimmitt, Texas. The plant is locally owned and USDA-inspected, is expected to process about 400 head of cattle a day, and will create 220 new jobs at an average wage of about $30 an hour. The project was launched by 36 local investors.
Vice President JD Vance announced the support. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said investments of this kind are meant to build beef processing capacity in ranching communities, reduce producers' dependence on a handful of large packers, and keep more value in rural areas.
Dimmitt sits in the Texas Panhandle, in one of the country's main cattle-raising regions. Once built, the plant will let local ranchers process cattle closer to home, shortening hauls.
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