As grocery stores and meat markets continue to face high beef prices, food shortages, and supply chain issues across the United States, livestock and poultry producers throughout Ohio are benefitting from a program to combat the problem through grants provided by the administration of Republican Gov. Mike DeWine.
DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted (R) first announced on February 16 that 40 livestock and poultry producers in 29 Ohio counties received a total of $10 million in grants of up to $250,000 each.
The Ohio Department of Agriculture announced on May 9 that an additional $18 million in grants would be made available for beef and poultry processors because of the high demand. Those funds will benefit about 100 beef and poultry processors, Bryan Levin, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Agriculture, told The Epoch Times….