Closed · RD-RBS-22-01-MPPEP · CFDA 10.381 · Discretionary

Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by Rural Business-Cooperative Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $25M
Award range
Closed
Status
May 11, 2022
Close date
15
Expected awards

The verdict

Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program is a closed discretionary listing from Rural Business-Cooperative Service that offered Up to $25,000,000 across 15 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 127 other opportunities from Rural Business-Cooperative Service.

up to $25M
award range
Closed
application status
15
expected awards
10.381
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program is closed (last close May 11, 2022). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Rural Business-Cooperative Service still indexes 127 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed May 11, 2022

Posted Feb 25 Closes May 11

Est. Total Funding

$150,000,000

Expected Awards

15

Instrument

Grant

Description

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rural Development (RD) Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS or Agency), requests applications for the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP). MPPEP is authorized under Section 1001(b)(4) of the American Rescue Plan Act, which provides funding for “loans and grants and other assistance to maintain and improve food and agricultural supply chain resiliency.” Pursuant to this authority, USDA is making grant funding available to meat and poultry processors for start-up and expansion. This will promote competition and give more and better options to producers by increasing meat and poultry processing capacity. Separately, USDA is using the same authority to increase available capital through loan guarantees and intermediary relending. The grants in MPPEP can finance no more than $25M or 20% of the project costs and requires the grantee to demonstrate committed project financing. USDA is also making available funding for technical assistance through providers who are experts in the fields of meat and poultry processing, and business planning. Information on technical assistance providers will be included, as available, on the MPPEP website. Applicants that are nationally dominant in beef, pork, chicken, or turkey processing are ineligible; for the purpose of this RFA, nationally dominant is characterized as holding a market share greater than or equal to the entity that holds the fourth largest share of the market for any of the listed species.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · RD-RBS-22-01-MPPEP

Grants.gov marks Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Agriculture (AG). This eligibility-code string dominates the Rural Business-Cooperative Service book (56 peers, 44% of 128).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

Please visit the MPPEP Website: https://www.rd.usda.gov/mppep and select the Contact Tab to access the “MPPEP Ask a Question Form”.

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What to do next

Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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