农业部拨款79.7万美元扩肯塔基州肉类加工：四家加工商获资助
美国农业部（USDA）农村发展署肯塔基州主任 Travis T. Burton 与肯塔基州农业专员 Jonathan Shell 11月2日在 Lexington 宣布，肉类与禽肉加工扩展计划（MPPEP）向肯塔基州四家肉类加工商拨款共797,059美元（农业部称近80万美元），用于购置设备、扩大产能并改善食品供应链。
Burton 表示，这项宣布落实了特朗普总统关于促进畜牧市场公平竞争、扩大美国肉类生产者市场准入的行政令；在特朗普总统与农业部长 Brooke L. Rollins 的领导下，农业部正努力增加本地食品选择、降低肯塔基州家庭的生活成本，并帮助农户与农业生产者获得更公平的竞争机会。Shell 表示，肯塔基州农户饲养着全美最优质的牲畜之一，扩大本地加工产能意味着更多竞争、更多选择与更强的食品供应链。
四家受资助企业为：Central KY Custom Meats, Inc. 获59,537美元，购置带 Unger 系统的自动饲料搅拌研磨机、肉饼成型机与商用器具清洗机，其经农业部检验的牛肉加工能力将由每周约18头牛增至第一年约23头、第三年约26头；Marksbury Farm Foods, LLC 获250,000美元，购置 FOSS MeatMaster Flex 在线X光工艺分析仪，用于质量控制与食品安全验证，深加工量预计提高约19.7%；Riverview Meat Company LLC 获237,953美元，购置真空灌装机、双夹封口机、食品加工烤炉、搅拌研磨机、带锯与劈锯、电子秤、真空滚揉机与嫩化压片机等设备，将新增 bratwurst 香肠、连节香肠、热狗、培根、火腿与腌制产品；Kentucky Meatsmith LLC 获249,569美元，购置加工、包装、卫生、物料搬运与生产管理设备，以减少瓶颈、扩大增值加工能力。
农业部指出，扩大肉类加工准入对肯塔基州的养牛户尤为重要：肯塔基州拥有密西西比河以东最大的肉牛存栏。联邦众议员 Andy Barr（代表肯塔基州第六选区）表示，这批投资将帮助本地企业成长、扩大肯塔基州畜牧生产者的市场，并增强农村社区。
MPPEP 由农业部农村发展署的 Rural Business-Cooperative Services 管理，向符合条件的独立加工商提供拨款，以鼓励竞争、促进美国肉类加工行业的可持续增长并增强供应链韧性。农业部迄今已通过该计划向独立企业拨付超过2亿美元。这批肯塔基州拨款是 MPPEP 第四期在各州陆续落地的一部分：副总统万斯与农业部长 Brooke L. Rollins 此前已宣布，40个州的加工商将通过该计划获得共57,424,130美元、147个项目的资助。
（来源：美国农业部）
USDA Awards $797,059 to Expand Meat Processing in Kentucky: Four Processors Funded
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Kentucky State Director Travis T. Burton and Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell announced in Lexington on November 2 that four Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) grants totaling $797,059 - nearly $800,000, according to USDA - will go to four Kentucky meat processors to expand capacity and improve the food supply chain.
"Today's announcement providing investments in Kentucky meat processors builds on President Trump's Executive Order 'Promoting Fair Competition in Livestock Markets and Expanding Market Access for American Meat Producers'," said Burton. "Thanks to the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Rollins, USDA is working tirelessly to increase local food options and lower costs for Kentucky families while helping farmers and agricultural producers have a better chance to compete." Shell said Kentucky farmers raise some of the finest livestock in America, and expanding local processing capacity means more competition, more options for producers, and a stronger food supply chain.
The four recipients are: Central KY Custom Meats, Inc., which will use $59,537 to purchase a new automatic feed mixer/grinder with Unger system, a patty-forming machine, and a commercial utensil and parts washer, increasing its USDA-inspected beef-processing capacity from approximately 18 cattle per week to 23 per week in Year 1 and 26 per week by Year 3; Marksbury Farm Foods, LLC, which will use $250,000 to acquire and install a FOSS MeatMaster Flex in-line X-ray process analyzer to improve quality control and food safety verification, with annual further-processing volume expected to increase by approximately 19.7 percent; Riverview Meat Company LLC, which will use $237,953 to purchase equipment including a vacuum stuffer, double clipper, food processing oven, mixer/grinder, band saw, splitting saw, digital scale, vacuum tumbler, and tenderizer/cuber, enabling production of bratwursts, linked sausage, hot dogs, bacon, hams, and marinated products; and Kentucky Meatsmith LLC, which will use $249,569 to purchase processing, packaging, sanitation, material-handling, and production management equipment to reduce bottlenecks and expand value-added processing.
USDA noted that expanding access to meat processing is important to Kentucky's cattle producers: Kentucky has the largest beef cow herd east of the Mississippi River. Congressman Andy Barr (KY-06) said the investments will help local businesses grow, expand markets for Kentucky livestock producers, and strengthen rural communities.
MPPEP is managed by USDA Rural Development's Rural Business-Cooperative Services and provides grants to help eligible independent processors expand capacity, encouraging competition and sustainable growth in the U.S. meat processing sector and improving supply chain resiliency. USDA has awarded more than $200 million to independent businesses under MPPEP. The Kentucky grants are part of MPPEP Phase 4 rolling out state by state: Vice President J.D. Vance and Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins previously announced that processors in 40 states are expected to receive a combined $57,424,130 across 147 awards through the program.
(Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture)
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图片来源：图：肯塔基州草地上的肉牛群（资料图）。美国农业部摄，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Beef cattle on pasture in Kentucky (file photo). U.S. Department of Agriculture photo, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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