Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program - Phase 4 (MPPEP-4)

Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program - Phase 4 (MPPEP-4) is sponsored by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS). This program provides competitive grant funding to very small, small, and intermediate processors to maximize the value and utilization of their existing capacity, with a focus on promoting local supply chains.

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gov Maintenance Calendar View similar opportunities Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program - Phase 4 Department of Agriculture Rural Business-Cooperative Service Document Type:Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number:RD-RBS-26-04 Funding Opportunity Title:Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program - Phase 4 Opportunity Category:Discretionary Opportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type:Grant Category of Funding Activity:Business and Commerce Expected Number of Awards: Assistance Listings:10.

381 -- Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:No Last Updated Date:May 07, 2026 Original Closing Date for Applications:Aug 07, 2026 Current Closing Date for Applications:Aug 07, 2026 Archive Date:Sep 06, 2026 Estimated Total Program Funding:$ 60,000,000 Eligible Applicants:Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education For profit organizations other than small businesses Additional Information on Eligibility:Producer-owned cooperatives Tribes Tribal Entities ## Additional Information Agency Name:Rural Business-Cooperative Service Description:The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rural Development (RD) Rural Business‐Cooperative Service (RBCS or Agency), requests applications for the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program - Phase 4 (the Program or MPPEP-4) - Fortifying the American Beef Industry.

MPPEP-4 is authorized under Section 1001(b)(4) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), which provides funding to make “loans and grants and provide other assistance to maintain and improve food and agricultural supply chain resiliency.

” Pursuant to this authority, USDA is making competitive grant funding available to Very Small Processors and Small Processors, and to Intermediate Processors to maximize the value and utilization of their existing capacity, with a focus on promoting local supply chains. Grant funding in the amount of $60 million is available under this Program.

Funding will be divided equally into two separate competitions: one for Very Small Processors and Small Processors, and one for Intermediate Processors. Each competition will have its own ranking and award process. Cost share is required.

Applicants will be required to identify sources and amounts that will make up the required cost share in the application and will need to verify cost share funding prior to final award approval. Two types of applications for each of the funding competitions will be accepted: 1. _Processing Expansion Projects.

_ Awards will range from $50,000 to $2 million to support a range of activities to increase and diversify processing capacity of American Meat and Poultry, including Equipment-only purchases over $250,000, and necessary improvements, upgrades, renovations or retrofits to an existing Facility needed to install the Equipment. A match requirement of 50 percent of the Project Cost is required for _Processing Expansion Projects. _ 2.

_Simplified Equipment-Only Projects. _ Awards will range from $10,000 to $250,000 for projects that only request the cost of Equipment and do not include renovation, labor, installation, or certification costs. A match requirement of 25 percent of the Project Cost is required for _Simplified Equipment-Only Projects.

_ Eligible applicants for MPPEP-4 include entities that are currently engaged in the Primary Processing of cattle for commercial markets or toll process and have been in business for at least one year. Eligible applicants include For‐Profit Organizations, Nonprofit Organizations, Producer-owned cooperatives, Tribes, and Tribal Entities.

Privately-owned entities must be Independently Owned and Operated, and all applicants must be Domestically Owned. Additionally, an applicant’s Facility must be physically located and operating in a State.

Eligible applicants must be currently operating under a FSIS grant of inspection, grant of inspection under a Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program, or a State Meat and Poultry inspection program with standards at least equal to Federal inspection.

Ineligible applicants include entities that have an active Federal Award through MPPEP Phase 1, MPPEP Phase 2, MPPEP Phase 3, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Local Meat Capacity Grants program, or USDA AMS Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant program. An active award means that the Period of Performance has not ended.

Applicants must meet the definition of a Very Small Processor, a Small Processor, or an Intermediate Processor. Applicants that are nationally dominant in beef, pork, chicken, or turkey processing are ineligible; for the purpose of this NOFO, nationally dominant is characterized as holding a market share greater than or equal to the entity that holds the fourth largest share of the market for beef, pork, chicken, or turkey processing.

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