Testimony to JAC: In-state meat industry growing but has mor

RIVERTON — Wyoming’s meat processing industry is growing, a development Central Wyoming College is watching closely.
During a July 19 meeting of the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee, Wyoming Sen. Brian Boner, R-Douglas, testified about the impacts of House Bill 51, which was passed last year “authorizing a governmental program related to expanding and enhancing meat processing capabilities” in the state. The legislation created a meat processing expansion grant program with a $2 million allocation, according to Boner — but about $6 million in requests have been received.
“That’s in stark contrast to the similar — if not exactly the same — program we had a year ago, where $5 million was on the table and we only expended a little over $3 million,” Boner said. “I think that’s a strong indication that this industry, which basically did not exist in any meaningful way before the pandemic, is really starting to get its feet underneath it.”

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