Gov. Tony Evers, with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, announced that 18 Wisconsin meat processors will receive grants through the 2026 Meat Processor Infrastructure Grant Program.
The grants help local meat processors modernize and grow their businesses, produce new products, or expand their markets, while improving profitability and sustaining the long-term viability of Wisconsin’s meat processing facilities.
Grant recipients were selected through a competitive review process and are required to provide a match of 100 percent of the grant amount. DATCP received 47 applications totaling $1.77 million in grant requests. An additional $700,000 in grants will be available in 2027.
Northeast Wisconsin recipients are:
- Fayes Frozen Foods LLC in Sheboygan to expand the production, packaging, and freezing line.
- Frontpage Processing in Scandinavia for a physical infrastructure expansion.
- Marchant’s Meats & Sausage in Sturgeon Bay for a 1,100 square foot building expansion.
- The Meat Block LLC in Greenville to purchase a blast chiller and oven.
- Roskom Meats LLC in Kaukauna to purchase a high-capacity sausage stuffer.
- Salchert’s Market Inc. in Saint Cloud to modernize the existing freezer and install bone processing equipment.
- Sheboygan Pasty Co. in Sheboygan for packaging line upgrades.
- TMB East LLC (DBA Haen Meats) in Kaukauna for a cooler addition to separate raw product from RTE.
