BISMARCK – Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-ND, announced on June 29 the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a combined total of $25,834,000 through the Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program (MPILP) which provides grant funding to intermediary lenders who finance or plan to finance the start-up, development, operations, and processing of meat and poultry.

This funding is distributed as follows:

— $15,000,000 to the Oyate Community Development Corporation.

— $10,000,000 to the Rural Development Finance Corporation.

— $834,000 to the Farmers Union Foundation.