1. Minnesota Department of Agriculture
  2. Business Dev, Loans, Grants
  3. Grants
  4. AGRI Meat, Poultry, Egg, & Milk Processing Grant
  5. AGRI Meat, Poultry, Egg, and Milk Processing Grant Past Projects

Read about the variety of projects funded through the AGRI Meat, Poultry, Egg, and Milk Processing Grant program.

Fiscal Year 2024
Business Name Project summary City County
Al's Butcher Shop Purchase of sausage stuffer and twister. Belgrade Stearns
Amo Creamery Purchase of pasteurizer, cheese vat, and milk filler for new on-farm creamery. Heron Lake Cottonwood
Bergen Meat Processors Building retail cutting room, sausage-making area, smokehouse room, and ready-to-eat food cooler. Windom Jackson
Brine's Market and Deli Epoxy finish flooring to increase food safety. Stillwater Washington
Clean Chickens and Co. Purchase of refrigerated trailer and poultry bagging system for halal poultry processing facility. Elk River Sherburne
Concept Processing (Stony Creek Dairy) Purchase of new cooling system for fluid milk products. Melrose Stearns
Deutz Brothers Purchase of refrigerated delivery vehicle for meat and egg transport. Marshall Lyons
Greeley Smokehaus & Meats Purchase of pellet smoke generator, vacuum sealer, and water activity meter for increased food safety. Braham Pine
Greg's Meat Processing Purchase of generator and cleaning equipment for increased food safety. Hampton Dakota
Kandi Acres Building halal goat slaughter and processing facility; purchase of freezer and slaughter equipment. Hawick

Kandiyohi
Kontezko's Meat Market Purchase of walk-in freezer, vacuum packer, and meat grinder. Browerville Todd
Lakes Community Cooperative Purchase of packaging machines for increasing processing capacity. Perham Otter Tail
Lakes Processing Inc. Purchase of hoist and trolley system, tumbler, and clipper. Detroit Lakes Becker
Minnesota Farmers Union Foundation Purchase of trailer, delivery truck, livestock holding and handling equipment for modular meat processing system in Staples. Saint Paul Ramsey
Morgan's Meat Market Purchase of rollstock packaging machine for meat processing facility. Waseca Waseca
Murphy's Grove Converting farm building to commercial milk processing facility; purchase of micro-dairy equipment including bulk tank, pasteurizer, proofer, etc. Aitkin Aitkin
NativeWise Purchase of walk-in freezer and meat processing equipment for bison processing facility. Sawyer Carlton
Nerstrand Meats & Catering Purchase of packaging machine for meat processing facility. Nerstrand Rice
Ody's Country Meats & Catering New slaughter chute and expansion of processing facility. Spring Valley Fillmore
Orty's Custom Meats Structural adjustments to existing building to accommodate for slaughter, including overhang, holding area, rail system, etc. Deer River Itasca
Orty's Custom Meats Purchase of livestock slaughter equipment. Deer River Itasca
Peterson's Farm Construction of on-farm poultry processing space. Milaca Mille Lacs
Redhead Creamery Purchase of equipment (tanks, filler/capper, milk transfer pumps, cream separator, plumbing/piping) for fermenting Somali-Style yogurt. Brooten Stearns
Roelof's Meats Inc. Purchase of new industrial slicer, trolleys, hooks, carts, and gambrel. Raymond Kandiyohi
Rust Hill Ranch Purchase of scalder/dunker and vacuum sealer to expand poultry processing capacity. Shafer Chisago
Sleepy Bison Acres Purchase of walk-in freezer/cooler for storage of culturally specific farm products. Sleepy Eye Brown
TC Farm Purchase of cooler and epoxy flooring for produce storage. Minnetonka Anoka
Tikes Enterprises Purchase of new smoker. Cohasset Itasca
Toad Hill Farm Purchase of egg washer and refrigeration unit for egg processing. Appleton Swift
Von Hanson's Plymouth Purchase of new smokehouse. Plymouth Hennepin
White Bear Butchery Inc. Purchase of new meat saw. White Bear Lake Ramsey
Wiste's Meat Market Purchase of new scales, smokehouse, and facility repairs for move to E2 licensing. Janesville Waseca

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Fiscal Year 2023
Business Name Project summary City County
Backroads Meats, Inc. Purchase materials, plumbing, hot water heater, water discharge tank and walk in cooler. Milaca Mille Lacs
Bruders Abbatoir, LLC Invest in existing commercial kitchen to expand meat market access, butchering capacity, and provide Halal meat. Brooten Stearns
Chickenhead Farm & Slaughterhouse Addition to facilities to add walk in freezer, processing equipment, meat cutter, vacuum meat package and freezer truck. Silver Lake McLeod
Clay Hill Processing Project increases freezer storage allowing smaller quantities of beef so people can source meat locally. Lengby Polk
Concept Processing, LLC Expand pasteurization vat for milk in addition to 2 delivery trucks and a supply runner truck. Melrose Stearns
Conger Proteins Increase of freezer and cooler space to make it more viable for a smokehouse, tumbler, slicer and a packaging machine. Conger Freeborn
Deutz Brothers, LLC Purchase a walk in freezer along with a commercial refrigerator, storing, cooling and cleaning of fresh eggs. Marshall Lyon
Elm Dale Creamery Association Upgrade deck of meat truck including generator, saws and stainless steel sink along with new bone cooler. Bowlus Morrison
Foley Locker, Inc. Update knockdown pen area and additional meat processing equipment. Foley Benton
Garden Creek Purchase of poultry processing equipment. Duluth St. Louis
Havenwood Meats, LLC Acquire a dry ager along with printer for labeling products. New Germany Carver
Johnson Quail Purchase an egg cleaning and packaging machine as well as a large cooler. West Concord Dodge
Kreniks Meat Processing New printer and scale for product labels and larger meat tumbler. Montgomery Le Sueur
Lismore Hutterian Brethren, Inc. Purchase chicken plucker, a hot water scalder, and a vacuum packer. Clinton Big Stone
Lorentz Meat Processing Build a by products and hide processing facility. Cannon Falls Goodhue
Mcdonalds Meats, Inc. Purchase equipment for kill floor, packaging machine and equipment for sausage. Clear Lake Sherburne
Neighbors Meats, LLC Buy a utensil washer and patty machine. New Richland Waseca
Prairie Meats, Inc. Acquire meat processing equipment including meat grinders, saws, smokehouse and sausage maker. Olivia Renville
Quality Meats, Inc. Remodel current cooler to increase capacity. Foley Benton
Roelofs Meats, Inc. Invest in equipment for kill floor for safety of employees. Raymond Kandiyohi
Round Table Meats, LLC Purchase scalder and dehairer, work tables, label machine and slicing machine. Goodview Winona
TFC Poultry Expanding wastewater systems. Ashby Grant
The Butchery of Maple Lake Purchase a modern smokehouse. Maple Lake Wright
V&M Locker, LLC Buy a thermoforming vacuum packaging machine and a brine pump along with a commercial dish washer. Leota Nobles
Wistes Meat Market, LLC Add a walk in cooler and a meat slicer. Janesville Waseca
Yker Meat Compay DBA Northland Larder Purchase additional refrigeration and freezer space. Duluth St. Louis

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Fiscal Year 2022
Business Name Project summary City County

French Lake Butcher Shop, Inc.

Purchase an automatic labeler machine, new splitting saw and repair/replace freezer to increase capacity

South Haven

Wright

Jenniges Meat Processing, Inc.

Expand a new facility with purchase of processing equipment including a rail system and smokehouses

Brooten

Stearns

Concord Fresh Meat Processing, Inc

Buy a hydraulic stuffer, shrink tunnel, poly top tables, vertical meat saw, and hog scalder and dehairer

South Saint Paul

Dakota

Lakes Processing, Inc.

Purchase equipment for smoking meat, bacon cutting, and meat wrapping

Detroit Lakes

Becker

Long Cheng, Inc.

Acquire chicken processing equipment and coolers

South Saint Paul

Dakota

K&S Poultry

Purchase cooler condensers and large animal processing equipment

Kerkhoven

Swift

Dennison Meat Locker, LLC

Physical improvements for kill room, processing room, outside freezer unit, and retail area

Dennison

Goodhue

Round Table Meats, LLC

Acquire a meat smoker and a refrigerated trailer

Goodview

Winona

Northern Pride, Inc.

Buy overwrap tray equipment

Thief River Falls

Pennington

Midwest Meats, LLC

Add a kill floor and purchase production equipment

New York Mills

Otter Tail

Elm Dale Creamery and Locker

Purchase a meat bulker, patty maker, meat grinder, meat saw, basket dollies, and platter dolly

Bowlus

Morrison

Schaefer's Market

Acquire equipment to increase sausage production

Sauk Centre

Stearns

The Country Butcher, LLC

Purchase utensil washer, walk-in cooler, bone saw, and freezer

Madison

Lac qui Parle

Kenyon Meats

Convert freezer room into a dedicated sausage and hamburger room and purchase new equipment that will allow for faster, less labor-intensive, and safer processing and sterilizing

Kenyon

Goodhue

Kerkhoven Country Butcher

Buy walk-in freezer, walk-in cooler, and meat saw

Kerkhoven

Swift

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