农业部拨款473,271美元扩纽约州肉类加工：两家加工商购冷库与屠宰设备
美国农业部农村发展署宣布，通过肉类与家禽加工扩能计划（MPPEP），纽约州两家肉类加工商共获 473,271 美元拨款，用于扩大加工能力、开拓新市场。副总统 J.D. Vance 与农业部长 Brooke L. Rollins 此前已宣布，全国 40 个州的加工商将通过 MPPEP 获得共 5,700 万美元。
Trinity Meat Company 获 242,442 美元，将购置一台 14,000 立方英尺的冷库、一台第二台真空包装机、一台高通量肉饼机以及屠宰间的暖通设备。农业部表示，该项目将消除包装与冷藏瓶颈、改善工人安全与效率，并支持该公司从以定制加工为主，转向为纽约州立大学（SUNY）各校园与州惩教机构等机构市场供应纽约本地饲养、本地加工的牛肉。
Schrader Farms 获 230,829 美元，将购置胴体处理、动物通道、卫生与轨道系统等专用设备，现代化其屠宰层与胴体处理作业。农业部表示，该项目将提升运营效率、食品安全、卫生与工人安全，增加年牲畜加工量、扩大深加工能力，并服务更多代加工客户。
农业部长 Brooke L. Rollins 表示：「在特朗普总统领导下，本届政府正在为养活这个国家的人们实实在在地做事。如今资金开始到位，养殖户在家门口将有更多选择，市场竞争将回归，美国饲养的牛肉将有更多价值留在乡村社区。」
农村发展署纽约州主任 Richard Mayfield 表示：「农业部的肉类与家禽加工扩能计划正在为纽约州带来实实在在的成果：扩大加工能力、支持高薪岗位，并为农业生产者创造新机会。」
MPPEP 由农业部农村发展署下属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拨款，帮助其扩充产能。农业部表示，其已通过 MPPEP 向独立企业拨款逾 2 亿美元，相关项目在全国创造了数以千计的岗位。（来源：美国农业部）
USDA Awards $473,271 to Expand New York Meat Processing: Two Processors to Buy Freezer and Harvest Equipment
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development agency announced that two New York meat processors will receive a combined $473,271 through the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) to expand their capacity and create new and better markets. Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins had previously announced that processors in 40 states would receive $57 million through MPPEP.
Trinity Meat Company will use $242,442 to expand beef processing and distribution capacity by purchasing a 14,000-cubic-foot freezer, a second vacuum packaging machine, a high-throughput patty machine, and HVAC equipment for the harvest room. USDA said the project will eliminate packaging and cold-storage bottlenecks, improve worker safety and efficiency, and support the company's transition from primarily custom processing to supplying New York-raised and processed beef to institutional markets, including SUNY campuses and state correctional facilities.
Schrader Farms will use $230,829 to modernize harvest-floor and carcass-handling operations through the purchase of specialized equipment, including carcass-handling, animal-flow, sanitation, and rail-system components. USDA said the upgrades will increase annual livestock throughput, expand further-processing capacity, and serve more toll-processing customers.
"Under President Trump, this administration is delivering for the men and women who feed our nation. Now that these funds are moving, ranchers will have more options close to home, more competition will return to the market, and more of the value of American-raised beef will stay in rural communities," said Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins.
"The USDA's Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program is delivering real results for New York by increasing processing capacity, supporting good-paying jobs, and creating new opportunities for agricultural producers," said Rural Development New York State Director Richard Mayfield.
MPPEP is managed by USDA Rural Development's Rural Business-Cooperative Service and provides grants to help eligible independent processors expand their capacity. USDA said it has awarded more than $200 million to independent businesses under MPPEP, creating 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：牧场上的黑安格斯牛群（资料图）。照片：美国农业部 USDA，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Black Angus cattle grazing on pasture (file photo). Photo by USDA, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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