Read about the variety of projects funded through the AGRI Meat, Poultry, Egg, and Milk Processing Grant program.
Fiscal Year 2025
| Business Name | Project summary | City | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amo Creamery | Plumbing, ventilation, and epoxy flooring work, and refrigerated product transport for start-up on farm creamery. | Heron Lake | Jackson |
| Autumnwood Farm, LLC | Purchase of filling/capping equipment for milk bottles and refrigerated transport vehicle. | Forest Lake | Washington |
| B and E Meats | Purchase of utensil washer for meat processing facility. | Crookston | Polk |
| Bear Country Meats | Purchase of refrigeration equipment for on-farm meat processing. | Kasson | Dodge |
| B&K Schrupp's Meat & Seafood, LLC | Purchase of heat-sealing packaging machine for meat processing facility. | Paynesville | Stearns |
| Callahan Meats Inc. | Purchase of processing equipment, packaging equipment, and slaughter facility impovements for meat processing facility, including a slicer, mixer/grinders, labeler, coolers, etc. | Barnesville | Clay |
| Chad Boisjolie | Hot water installation and purchase of a higher-volume scalder for mobile poultry processing trailer. | Le Sueur | Le Sueur |
| Compass Rose Creamery | Build-out of facility for start-up creamery, including purchase of cheese processing equipment. | Sleepy Eye | Brown |
| Concept Processing | Purchase of filler and bagger for more efficient and food-safe processing of fluid milk. | Melrose | Stearns |
| Conger Meat Market | Purchase of meat processing equipment for increasing processing capacity, including a meat grinder, walk-in cooler and freezer, bandsaw, etc. | Conger | Freeborn |
| Deutz Brothers, LLC | Cold storage expansion for meat products and egg washing. | Marshall | Lyon |
| Egan's Market | Replacing meat processing facility flooring for increased food safety. | Adrian | Nobles |
| Farmers Union Industries | Purchase of new condenser to increase rendering capacity for area livestock and poultry producers' raw material. | Redwood Falls | Redwood |
| French Lake Butcher Shop | Purchase of a bowl chopper to increase sausage processing capacity. | South Haven | Wright |
| Gardner Family Farm | Purchase of an egg washer to increase processing capacity for pasture-raised eggs. | Spring Grove | Houston |
| Highwater Creek Meat Market, LLC | Purchase of a bandsaw, curing pump, patty machine, splitting saw, meat tenderizer, and meat slicer to increase processing capacity and increase food safety. | Jeffers | Cottonwood |
| Ketter's Meats & Locker Plant | Purchase of meat grinder and ground beef bagger for increased meat processing capacity. | Frazee | Becker |
| Lakes Community Cooperative | Purchase of coolers and processing equipment for increased meat processing capacity. | Perham | Otter Tail |
| Morgans Meat Market | Purchase of mixer/mincer and new flooring for increasing meat processing capacity and food safety. | Waseca | Waseca |
| Orty's Custom Meats | Purchase of automatic dishwasher for meat processing facility. | Deer River | Itasca |
| Schroeder Meats | Renovation of facility room to separate ready-to-eat product packaging from raw product, and purchase of a bacon slicer. | New Germany | Carver |
| South Forty Meat Market | Purchase of a sausage stuffer and linker to increase processing capacity. | Lucan | Redwood |
| Swanson Meats Inc. | Purchase of meat tenderizer and intervention applicator to increase processing capacity and food safety. | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Ten Finn’s Creamery | Purchase of on-farm milk pasteurizer and associated parts/pumps to increase milk processing capacity. | Menahga | Wadena |
| TFC Poultry, LLC | Purchase of grinding equipment for increased processing capacity of ground turkey. | Ashby | Grant |
| White Bear Butchery Inc. | Renovating meat processing facility ceiling with antimicrobial, washable tiles to increase food safety. | White Bear Lake | Ramsey |
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 |
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 |
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 |
