Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Saline River Farms recently joined local leaders and partners to break ground on Saline River Farms’ new $80 million state-of-the-art USDA meat processing facility. Supported by the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit (EDGE) program and a $1.5 million grant through the Meat & Poultry Supply Chain Capital Grant Program along with a $6 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Saline River Farms’ facility is forecast to process approximately 40 million pounds of beef and 19 million pounds of pork annually.
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