U.S. invests $25M in meat and poultry agriculture workforce training

NIFA will invest $25 million through new and existing workforce development programs to provide a pipeline of well-trained workers to meet the demand for increased independent processing capacity.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced an investment of $25 million, as part of the American Rescue Plan for meat and poultry agriculture workforce training. NIFA is leading two funding opportunities:

Extension Risk Management Education and Sustainable Agriculture Research Education Programs: An investment of $5 million will be split equally between these two programs. Work in these programs will support the development of meat and poultry processing training and educational materials for place-based needs, particularly relevant to small- or medium-sized farmers and ranchers. Additionally, training local and/or regional meat and poultry workers presents a unique opportunity to address the demand from niche markets, like mobile processing units fulfilling market demand from fresh markets, on-site processing, farm-to-fork (restauranteurs), boutique grocers and others. 

Community/Technical College Ag Workforce Training and Expanded Learning Opportunities: This Agricultural Workforce Training (AWT) investment makes available $20 million to qualified community colleges to support meat and poultry processing workforce development programs. The AWT program seeks to develop a workforce ready for the field as well as industry jobs in the food and agricultural sectors. By creating new workforce training programs, or expanding, improving, or renewing existing workforce training programs at community, junior, and technical colleges/institutes, this program will expand job-based, experiential learning opportunities, acquisition of industry-accepted credentials and occupational competencies for students to enable a workforce for the 21st century. 

May 26, 2022/ USDA/ United States.
https://www.nifa.usda.gov

Article Comments

This area is not intended to be a place to consult authors about their articles, but rather a place for open discussion among pig333.com users.

Leave a new Comment

Access restricted to 333 users. In order to post a comment you must be logged in.

You are not subscribed to this list Swine News

Swine industry news in your email

USDA announces $21.9 million in funding to strengthen meat and poultry supply chain

The grants awarded will help build new and better markets through investments and technical assistance.

Home

Markets-EconomicsNews

U.S: May saw largest monthly pork exports so far in 2022

While May pork exports were well below last year’s large totals, shipments were the largest of 2022 in both volume and value.

Home

Facilities-Equipment News

U.S. invests in smart farming and environmental centers of excellence

The USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced the investment of $3.84 million for two new 1890 Centers of Excellence grants.

Home

Markets-EconomicsNews

U.S. pork exports improved in March but remain below year-ago record levels

March pork exports were the largest so far this year but well below the record-large totals posted in March 2021.

Home

Markets-EconomicsNews

Mexico increases pork exports to the U.S.

In the first fifteen weeks of 2022, Mexican pork exports showed a weekly growth of 0.85%.

Home

Markets-EconomicsNews

Updated corn and soybean crop projections from USDA

On April 8, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its new monthly supply and demand reports for grains and oilseeds, in which significant cuts were again made for soybean crops in South America, while for corn the figures were presented without major changes.