Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program

Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program is sponsored by Rural Development. Provides grants to support the expansion and modernization of meat and poultry processing facilities in rural areas.

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gov Maintenance Calendar MPPEP Phase 3 Invasive Wild-Caught Catfish Department of Agriculture Rural Business-Cooperative Service Document Type:Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number:RD-RBS-25-03-MPPEP Funding Opportunity Title:MPPEP Phase 3 Invasive Wild-Caught Catfish Opportunity Category:Discretionary Opportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type:Grant Category of Funding Activity:Agriculture Expected Number of Awards:10 Assistance Listings:10.

381 -- Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:Yes Last Updated Date:Aug 07, 2025 Original Closing Date for Applications:Oct 06, 2025 Current Closing Date for Applications:Oct 06, 2025 Archive Date:Nov 05, 2025 Estimated Total Program Funding:$ 6,000,000 Eligible Applicants:State governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) For profit organizations other than small businesses City or township governments Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Additional Information on Eligibility:for‐profit and nonprofit entities, producer‐owned Cooperatives and corporations, certified benefit corporations, Tribes and Tribal Entities, State or local government entities, and other business types (regardless of legal structure ## Additional Information Agency Name:Rural Business-Cooperative Service Description:The Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) provides grants to help eligible meat and poultry processors expand their capacity.

USDA Rural Development designed this program to encourage competition and sustainable growth in the U.S. meat processing sector, and to help improve supply chain resiliency. The previous 2 Phases of MPPEP made available funding for new facilities and renovation and expansion of existing facilities.

USDA MPPEP Phase III is making competitive grant funding available specifically for the processing of wild-caught invasive catfish for purchase of equipment, including improvements, upgrades, renovations or retrofits to an existing Facility, needed to install the equipment to increase processing capacity of invasive, Wild-Caught catfish and overall volume of Processing.

This will not only scale capacity and efficiency at Processing facilities, but also help to reduce Invasive Species populations that are decimating marine ecosystems and threatening the economy of the fishing industry.

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