Financing

Meat in the Middle Webinar: Paicines Ranch Learning Center & Cienega Capital

A Paicines Ranch Learning Center & Cienega Capital webinar. From the Paicines Ranch website: A conversation on the middle of the meat supply chain and what it takes to make a processing operation financially successful “Processing is the bottleneck!” How many times have we heard this and wanted to understand this better to be able […]

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USDA Grants for Meat Processors & Producers

Uncategorized / Rebecca Thistlethwaite

USDA Grants Available for Meat Processors (& Producers) (updated 4.20.2023) Grant Tips: First off, all federal grants require you to first register in the System for Award Management (SAM), then register with Grants.gov. This process can take up to 4 weeks, so keep that in mind for proposal due dates. You do not need

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State Funding Programs for Meat Processing Facility Improvements/Upgrades/New Facilities

Uncategorized / Rebecca Thistlethwaite

Updated 5.21.2023 This page will highlight different state-level grant or loan programs that can be utilized to start new meat processing plants, upgrade existing ones, or fund other niche meat supply chain projects. Some of these are in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and others are longer standing programs designed to incentivize local and regional

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Meat Processor Financial Assistance

Uncategorized / Rebecca Thistlethwaite

Five Financial Assistance Programs that Work Many financial assistance programs at the state and federal levels will not work for small meat processors. If we had a dollar for every program out there that we were told could help small meat processors, well… we could buy a lot of bratwurst. While assistance programs do change

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Niche Meat Processing Other Loan Guarantee Programs

Uncategorized / Rebecca Thistlethwaite

Other Loan Guarantee Programs While a guarantee may be necessary under certain circumstances and can sometimes foster better loan terms (related to repayment period or interest rate) depending on the bank, often they have up front costs of a 1 to 3.5 percent of the portion guaranteed and have annual fees ranging from 1/8th to

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Finding Capital: Financing Options for Meat Processors

Uncategorized / Rebecca Thistlethwaite

What’s on this page? Upgrading or expanding an existing meat processing plant, building a new facility, buying equipment… it all costs money, and plenty of it. The information on this page will help you understand and navigate financing options that fit your processing plans. Q: What are my financing options? Which one is best

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Meat in the Middle Webinar: Paicines Ranch Learning Center & Cienega Capital

USDA Grants for Meat Processors & Producers

State Funding Programs for Meat Processing Facility Improvements/Upgrades/New Facilities

Meat Processor Financial Assistance

Niche Meat Processing Other Loan Guarantee Programs

Finding Capital: Financing Options for Meat Processors

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