Within the current day, the Michigan Charge of Agriculture and Rural Enchancment voted to approve a Meals and Agriculture Funding Program (FAIP) grant to Michigan Turkey Producers Cooperative, Inc. for $75,000. These funds will assist the company with reconfiguring its current chilly storage functionality, allowing for expanded functionality to fulfill orders further successfully. This work will enhance native house present chains whereas producing new monetary options in West Michigan.
“In Michigan, we’re devoted to investing in native meals and agriculture firms. Governor Whitmer’s most recent bipartisan funds immediately shows that dedication,” said Tim Boring, Michigan Division of Agriculture and Rural Enchancment Director. “Michigan’s poultry commerce continues to have an enormous monetary affect on our state and is a important a part of Michigan s rising meals and agriculture sector.
The $75,000 FAIP grant permits Michigan Turkey Producers Cooperative, Inc. to reconfigure and develop their current cold-storage functionality to align with the merchandise which may be being produced and shipped. It’ll moreover embrace upgrading their freezer to explicit individual blast freezing racking, additionally known as Quick Freeze Racking (QFR). The reconfiguration permits an increase in functionality, allowing the company to increase orders with current purchasers and convey on new purchasers.
The Michigan Turkey Producers Cooperative, Inc. is a grower-owned cooperative that was based mostly in 1998. Within the current day, 5.3 million grownup male turkeys are harvested yearly at their facility. The turkeys originate from 53 Michigan family farms located in Allegan, Barry, Ottawa, Gratiot, Newaygo, Muskegon, Kent, Montcalm, Mecosta, and Oceana counties. Since their purchase of a shuttered vegetable processing and storage facility in 2006 to assemble a ready-to-eat (cooked) product plant, they have been able to enhance manufacturing from 3.2 million kilos to 64 million kilos. Michigan Turkey Producers Cooperative, Inc. sells regionally, all via the nation, and internationally.
“The continued growth of our value-added cooked enterprise has pushed the need for further modern cooler space,” said Brian Boerigter, President of Michigan Turkey Producers Cooperative, Inc. “These upgrades will allow us to be further aware of our purchaser demand and additional atmosphere pleasant in our order achievement course of. Michigan Turkey Producers Board of Directors and Grower Homeowners considerably admire the help from the Michigan Division of Agriculture and Rural Enchancment in serving to to make this enterprise potential.
“Native firms are what kind and assemble our native economies. I’m devoted to supporting native firms like Michigan Turkey Producers, and I share their pleasure over this well-deserved funding,” said State Rep. John Fitzgerald (D-Kent County.) “Grower-owned cooperatives play an important place throughout the agricultural commerce, significantly in our space folks. I look ahead to continued partnerships with MDARD as we proceed to generate new monetary options in West Michigan.”
FAIP performs an necessary place in Michigan’s monetary progress. It is significantly designed to provide financial help for initiatives that develop meals and agriculture processing, thereby fostering growth throughout the commerce and bolstering Michigan’s financial system. The selection of initiatives relies on their potential to affect the final agriculture commerce, along with meals and agriculture growth and funding throughout the state.
For further particulars about MDARD grants, go to www.Michigan.gov/MDARDGrants.
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Provide: Michigan Division of Agriculture & Rural Enchancment