农业部拨款25万美元扩俄亥俄州牛肉加工：Winner's Meats将扩产能、增直销发货
美国农业部（USDA）农村发展署俄亥俄州主任 Charles Tassell 与联邦众议员 Warren Davidson 11月3日在位于美国俄亥俄州 Darke 县的 Yorkshire 宣布，农业部将通过肉类与家禽加工扩能计划（Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program，MPPEP）向当地牛肉加工商 Winner's Meats 投资25万美元。
Winner's Meats 是一家家族经营的独立肉类加工商，总部在 Yorkshire，经营一座接受联邦检验的加工厂、一家零售杂货与肉类商店，并向50多家零售商和餐馆供应批发产品。这笔拨款将帮助该公司扩大加工产能，并增加加工牛肉面向消费者的直销发货。
Tassell 表示，特朗普总统着力壮大美国牛群，扶持俄亥俄州本地牛肉加工商有助于农业部实现这一目标；这笔拨款将帮助 Winner's Meats 在未来多年里继续成为 Darke 县的支柱企业。
农业部介绍，MPPEP 第四期的主要目的是支持俄亥俄州牛肉产业，推动肉类与家禽供应链多元化、开拓本地市场机会；申请项目的设施须以加工牛为主，资金或设备也可用于该设施的肉类与家禽加工。
MPPEP 由农业部农村发展署管理，向符合条件的独立加工商提供扩产拨款，旨在鼓励美国肉类加工行业竞争与可持续增长、提升供应链韧性。
（来源：美国农业部）
USDA Awards $250,000 to Expand Ohio Beef Processing: Winner's Meats to Grow Capacity and Direct-to-Consumer Shipments
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Ohio State Director Charles Tassell and U.S. Representative Warren Davidson announced in Yorkshire, in Darke County, Ohio, on November 3 that USDA will invest $250,000 in local beef processor Winner's Meats through the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP).
Winner's Meats is a family-owned independent meat processor based in Yorkshire. The company operates a federally inspected processing plant, a retail grocery and meat shop, and wholesale supplies to more than 50 retailers and restaurants. The grant will help the company expand its processing capacity and increase direct-to-consumer shipments of processed beef.
Tassell said President Trump is focused on strengthening the Great American cattle herd, and that boosting Ohio's local beef processors will help USDA fulfill this goal, adding that the grant will help Winner's Meats remain a pillar of Darke County for years to come.
According to USDA, the primary purpose of MPPEP Phase 4 is to support the Ohio beef industry by diversifying the meat and poultry supply chain and opening local market opportunities. An applicant's facility must primarily process cattle to be eligible, though funds or equipment may also be used for processing meat and poultry at the facility.
MPPEP is managed by USDA Rural Development and provides grants to help eligible independent processors expand their capacity, encouraging competition and sustainable growth in the U.S. meat processing sector and improving supply chain resiliency.
(Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture)
来源：美国农业部
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图片来源：图：牧场上的安格斯肉牛（资料图）。美国农业部摄，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Angus beef cattle on pasture (file photo). By USDA, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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