农业部拨款25万美元扩北卡罗来纳州肉类加工：Greene Grain Cattle购入废水与包装屠宰设备
美国农业部（USDA）部长 Brooke L. Rollins 宣布，农业部将向北卡罗来纳州一家肉类加工商投资25万美元，帮助其改善废水管理、扩大加工产能、提升包装质量并加强工人安全。农业部农村发展署北卡罗来纳州办公室11月3日发布了这项公告，拨款对象为 Greene Grain Cattle LLC。
Greene Grain Cattle 将用这笔肉类与家禽加工扩能计划（Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program，MPPEP）拨款购买废水泵送设备，用于把处理后的废水在厂区土地施用；购置卷膜包装机与贴膜贴标机，以提高包装效率与产品保质期；并购置胴体吊架、剥皮机与转运设备等屠宰设备。
这笔拨款是全国 MPPEP 拨款的一部分：副总统 JD Vance 与部长 Rollins 此前宣布通过该计划向40个州投资5,700万美元。国会通知期现已结束，农业部开始把资金拨付到位，以加强美国国内肉类加工产能与供应链。
MPPEP 由农业部农村发展署的农村商业合作服务局管理，向符合条件的独立加工商提供扩产拨款。农业部称，该计划旨在鼓励美国肉类加工行业的竞争与可持续增长、提升供应链韧性。
农业部介绍，其已通过 MPPEP 向独立企业累计拨款超过2亿美元，相关项目在全国创造了数千个就业岗位。
（来源：美国农业部）
USDA Awards $250,000 to Expand North Carolina Meat Processing: Greene Grain Cattle to Buy Wastewater, Packaging and Slaughter Equipment
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke L. Rollins announced that USDA is moving forward with a $250,000 investment to help a North Carolina meat processor improve wastewater management, expand processing capacity, enhance packaging quality and increase worker safety at its livestock processing facility. USDA Rural Development's North Carolina office released the announcement on November 3, naming Greene Grain Cattle LLC as the recipient.
Greene Grain Cattle will use the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) grant to purchase wastewater pumping equipment for on-site land application of treated wastewater, a rollstock packaging machine and film labeler to improve packaging efficiency and shelf life, and slaughter equipment including carcass hoists, a hide puller and transfer equipment.
The award follows the announcement by Vice President JD Vance and Secretary Rollins of $57 million in MPPEP investments across 40 states. With the congressional notification period now complete, USDA is beginning to obligate the funds to strengthen America's domestic meat processing capacity and supply chain.
MPPEP is managed by USDA Rural Development's Rural Business-Cooperative Service and provides grants to help eligible independent processors expand their capacity. USDA designed the program to encourage competition and sustainable growth in the United States meat processing sector and improve supply chain resiliency.
USDA has awarded more than $200 million to independent businesses under the MPPEP program, and the projects have created thousands of jobs across the country.
(Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture)
来源：美国农业部
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图片来源：图：北卡罗来纳州 Brasstown 牧场上的黑安格斯肉牛（资料图）。Hkeely 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Black Angus beef cattle on pasture in Brasstown, North Carolina (file photo). By Hkeely, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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