Iowa Offers Grants to Enhance Swine Industry

December 15, 2008 — 

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has issued a Request for Applications for grant funds totaling $100,000 for 2009 for projects that advance and enhance swine production in Iowa. Proposals are due by January 30, 2009.

The grants are for the third year of a program funded by Smithfield Foods, which is paying $1 million over ten years to fund projects related to increasing profits, helping independent producers compete, making market information available, protecting the environment, and other goals. The funding is part of a consent decree agreed to in 2005 between Smithfield Foods and the Iowa Attorney General's Office.

Grant application forms, instructions, and requirements are available with the Request for Application. Interested persons also may call the Attorney General's Farm Division at 515-281-5351, or send e-mail to FARM@ag.state.ia.us.

Source:
IowaPolitics.com