Glacier Processing Cooperative will modernize its meat processing facility, increase efficiencies, and position the co-op for long-term growth through a 0,000 USDA Local Meat Capacity Grant. The co-op received one of 33 Local MCap grants totaling nearly .9 million announced by the USDA in July. The awards were for equipment only and processing expansion projects and built on the first round of .5 million awarded to 42 projects announced in March. Glacier Processing, a rancher-owned cooperative in Columbia Falls, was developed to ensure meat processing remains available for local producers in the Flathead. The equipment modernizations will span the facility’s...

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