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