 Two more, I should say, than 50 meat and poultry processors are meant to help alleviate the industry's consolidation over decades that has at times decreased profits for farmers and increased prices for consumers. In South Dakota, one business was awarded federal funding. Midwestern Meat Locker in Newell will get $5.7 million to build a replacement for its 1911 facility where it processes cattle, hogs, sheep, and bison for local producers.