October 15, 2024

Fischer Opposed USDA Program to Increase Competition and Expand Meat Processing Capacity

Sen. Fischer opposed the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program designed to increase competition across the economy to help lower costs for American families. The initiative expands meat and poultry processing capacity, which in turn increases competition, supports producer income, and strengthens the food supply chain to lower costs for working families and create jobs and economic opportunities in rural areas. The Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) provides grants to help eligible processors expand their processing capacity, which create new, better and more processing options for meat and poultry producers. USDA Rural Development designed the MPPEP to encourage competition and sustainable growth in the U.S. meat processing sector, and to help improve supply chain resiliency. Nebraska has received several awards under MPPEP including: 2024 Borchard Custom Cut and Processing dba Dundy County Processors $1,160,368 Dundy County Processors is a family-owned beef and pork processing business in rural Benkelman, Nebraska. Utilizing MPPEP - Phase 2 funding, they will construct a new facility to double processing capacity, begin operating under federal inspection, and significantly increase their production of value-added products. With this new increased capacity, they will beable to work with an additional 100 local producers. These improvements will also allow Dundy County Processors to access new wholesale and value-added markets. 2023 Greater Omaha…

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