Grant sought to study new poultry processing plant in SE Minnesota

28 Feb 2020


A first in the nation kind of processing plant could be constructed in southeast Minnesota.

Rep. Todd Lippert (DFL-Northfield) sponsors a bill, HF3420, to provide a $250,000 grant to plan and design a poultry processing plant and industrial park to serve a group of chicken farmers who use a regenerative farming model.

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