Ohio Beef and Poultry Processors, Suppliers Benefitting From Grant Program to Combat Shortages

Where's the beef? Empty meat department cooler shelves during the COVID-19 pandemic at a Walmart store in April 2020, in Illinois. As meat, food and other shortages continue to hit the nation, the Ohio Department of Agriculture and Development is providing up to $250,000 grants to beef and poultry processors to better handle the demands. Photo by David Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

As grocery stores and meat markets continue to face high beef prices, food shortages, and supply chain issues across the United States, livestock and poultry producers throughout Ohio are benefitting from a program to combat the problem through grants provided by the administration of Republican Gov. Mike DeWine.

DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted (R) first announced on February 16 that 40 livestock and poultry producers in 29 Ohio counties received a total of $10 million in grants of up to $250,000 each.