Application Form

The Choose Iowa Butchery Innovation and Revitalization Grant was established for the purpose of awarding financial assistance to eligible businesses for the following projects per Iowa Code 2025, Section 15E.370:

  • Expanding, refurbishing an existing or establishing a new business in the areas of:
    • State-inspected or federally inspected small-scale meat processing business.
    • Licensed custom locker.
    • Mobile slaughter unit that operates in compliance with the most current mobile slaughter unit compliance guide issued by the United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service.
  • Equipment necessary to expand processing capacity, including projects for:
    • Mobile slaughter or refrigeration units used exclusively for meat or poultry processing by a federally inspected, small-scale meat processing business
    • Licensed custom lockers.
    • State inspected small-scale meat processing businesses.
Overview
  • This round of funding will be for equipment only.
  • Maximum awarded up to $20,000 per grant awardee.
  • Applicants must provide a minimum of one-to-one (1:1) financial match from private sources such as cash, financing or other non-federal or non-state grant funds for total project costs. In-kind contributions are not accepted.
  • Example: An individual applying for a grant of $5,000 must provide at least $5,000 from other sources for a total project budget of $10,000 or more.
  • Grant funds are paid out as a reimbursement after grant project(s) are completed.
  • Projects cannot be in progress before a grant application is submitted and must be able to be completed before June 30, 2027 (in 7 months or less).
Contact information

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1. Contact Name: (Required.)

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2. Contact Position Title: (Required.)

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3. Contact Email Address: (Required.)

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4. Contact Phone Number: (Required.)

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5. Business or Individual Applicant Name: (Required.)

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6. Please list your USDA or State of Iowa Establishment Number. If your establishment has multiple, e.g. both an M and a P number, then list the primary. (Required.)

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7. Business Address: (Required.)

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8. Select Business County (Required.)

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9. Grant Amount Request ($20,000 maximum): (Required.)

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10. Number of Employees: (Required.)

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11. Have you applied for a Choose Iowa grant previously? (Required.)

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12. Describe your business, its history, and how it interacts with Iowa farmers and agriculture (worth up to 15 points). (Required.)

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13. Describe your project in detail and how the project addresses the goals for the Choose Iowa Butchery Innovation Grant (worth up to 20 points). (Required.)

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14. Describe how this project will impact Iowa Agriculture and increase the sales of Iowa agricultural products (worth up to 20 points). (Required.)

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15. Describe the budget for the project and how you plan to finance the private match requirement (worth up to 15 points). (Required.)

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16. Upload a budget worksheet (using the template provided by Choose Iowa). Budget worksheet must be submitted in .pdf file format. (Required.)

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17. Describe in detail a timeline for which you plan to complete the project (worth up to 10 points). (Required.)

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18. Describe the outcomes that will be measured to evaluate the success of the project (worth up to 20 points). (Required.)

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19. Will the project be completed if grant assistance is not awarded? Explain your answer. (Required.)

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20. Which local media (digital and traditional) should be notified should you receive grant funding?

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21. Upload supporting documents such as quotes, estimates, or letters of support. (Maximum file size limit is 16MB; Adding supporting documents is optional but encouraged.)

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22. Additional Document:

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23. Additional Document:

If you have additional documents to attach and submit with your application besides those added above, you can email them to ChooseIowaGrant@IowaAgriculture.gov and we will include those in your application.

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