Bindl Sales



Wisconsin Ag News Headlines
Wisconsin Farmers, Businesses Receive USDA Grants
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 11/25/2015

The USDA is investing nearly $34 million to help 258 agricultural businesses nationwide, and some Wisconsin producers will be getting a cut from that total. U.S. Rural Development Deputy Under Secretary Vernita Dore announced the recipients of those funds this week while highlighting the importance of rural entrepreneurs to the nation's economy.

"This funding will enable farmers and ranchers to develop new products, improve the bottom line for their operations and help create a robust local and regional food system," Dore said. "Value-Added Producer Grants provide capital to enable ag producers to grow their business through diversification. USDA's support is especially important for beginning farmers and smaller farm operations."

Twelve Wisconsin-based businesses will share about $2.2 million as part of the announcement, which comes from USDA Rural Development's Value-Added Producer Grant program.

State recipients include:

** Autumn Moon Farm, Bellville: $24,335 in grant funds will be used to begin on-farm packaging and processing of small grains and hops to home brewers and bakers

** Wisconsin Hop Exchange Cooperative, Waterloo: $50,000 in grant funds will help conduct a market feasibility analysis for Wisconsin hops

** Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Bayfield: $51,799 in grant funds will help develop a feasibility study of value-added fish products including fresh fish fillets, smoked fillets, fish spread and herring caviar for the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians

** Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative, Madison: $104,105 in grant funds will help extend the Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperatives primary sales and marketing for lettuce and summer squash

** The Cider Farm, LLC, Mineral Point: $227,579 in grant funds will be used to expand the market of certified organic hard ciders and brandy marketed locally in Wisconsin and Chicago

** Peterson Farms, Osceola: $240,000 in grant funds will be used to fund toll processing and fabrication of cattle carcasses and to purchase finished cattle to supplement the supply

** Ginseng & Herb Cooperative, Marathon: $250,000 in grant funds to help market, promote and manage the delivered raw commodity and processing of the value added product in Vietnam

** Foremost Farms, Baraboo: $250,000 in grant funds will be used to help increase sales of heat-treated permeate to Vietnam, Thailand the Philippines

** Tri-State Lumber & Land, Inc., Rice Lake: $250,000 in grant funds will be used to provide working capital for a sawmill to process and market "pallet parts"

** Burnett Dairy Cooperative, Grantsburg: $250,000 in grant funds will be used to help expand the sales of meat infused string cheese

** Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery, Ellsworth: $250,000 in grant funds will help to provide working capital for a creamery to expand direct sales of their cheese crumbles, a by-producer of their cheese curd production

** Cranberry Growers Cooperative, Wausau: $250,000 in grant funds will help expand the marketing of packaged dried cranberries to the North American consumer market

The USDA says a total of $571 million in investments have been made to Wisconsin's agricultural industry, which helped create or retain nearly 1,380 jobs, aided 3,600 families in buying their own homes and assisted more than 50 communities as they made improvements to their facilities, services and infrastructure.


Other Wisconsin Headlines
Easy Way Cattle Care
Grand View Safety Grooving
Copyright © 2024 - Farms.com. All Rights Reserved.