农业部拨款240万美元扩建蒙大拿肉类加工能力
美国农业部11月4日在博兹曼宣布，将向蒙大拿州7家肉类加工企业提供总计240万美元的拨款，帮助它们扩大加工能力、开拓新市场。这笔资金来自农业部肉类和家禽加工扩张计划，该计划本轮向40个州的加工企业共提供5700万美元，由副总统万斯和农业部长布鲁克·罗林斯共同宣布。
蒙大拿州获得拨款的企业中，位于弗拉特黑德县的冰川加工合作社获得金额最大的一笔，为130万6822美元，用于升级厂房设备，包括购置新的锯切设备、辊式包装机和熏制房。布莱恩县的熊掌肉类公司（Bear Paw Meats）获得11万1543美元，用于升级加工系统和购置设备；米纳勒尔县的苏必利尔肉类公司获得30万5424美元，用于购置先进加工设备。
农业部农村发展局蒙大拿州主任比尔·沃登表示，加工能力不足一直是当地牧场主面临的主要瓶颈，这笔投资将帮助独立加工企业扩大产能、增强竞争，让牧场主有更多本地销售渠道。农业部表示，该计划至今已向独立企业发放超过2亿美元拨款，旨在分散肉类供应链、增强供应链韧性。
（来源：美国农业部）
USDA Invests $2.4 Million to Expand Montana Meat Processing Capacity
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced in Bozeman on November 4 that it will provide a total of $2.4 million in grants to seven Montana meat processing businesses to help them expand capacity and open new markets. The funding comes from USDA's Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program, which in this round provided $57 million to processors in 40 states and was announced jointly by Vice President JD Vance and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.
Among the Montana recipients, Glacier Processing Cooperative in Flathead County received the largest award, $1,306,822, to upgrade plant equipment including new sawing equipment, a rollstock packaging machine and a smokehouse. Bear Paw Meats in Blaine County received $111,543 to upgrade its processing systems and purchase equipment, and Superior Meats in Mineral County received $305,424 for advanced processing equipment.
Bill Warden, USDA Rural Development's Montana state director, said insufficient processing capacity has long been a major bottleneck for local ranchers, and that the investment will help independent processors expand capacity and competitiveness and give ranchers more local sales channels. USDA said the program has provided more than $200 million to independent businesses to date, aiming to diversify the meat supply chain and strengthen its resilience.
(Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture)
来源：美国农业部
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图片来源：海伦纳蒙大拿州议会大厦（图：Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 2.0） / The Montana State Capitol in Helena (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0)
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