Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced Agriculture Diversification and Development (ADD) Fund awards for six projects. The awards totaling $861,581 were approved at the ADD quarterly meeting Feb. 28 in Bismarck.
The ADD Fund is administered by the North Dakota Department of Agriculture. The fund was created to support new or expanding value-added-agriculture businesses that demonstrate financial feasibility, enhance profitability for farmers and ranchers, create jobs and grow North Dakota’s economy. Types of projects eligible for the fund include but are not limited to food production and processing facilities, feed or pet food processing facilities, commodity processing facilities, agriculture product manufacturing and animal production facilities.
The following received approval:
- Three Farm Daughters LLC was awarded $51,581 to assist with the purchase of co-packing machines for bulk pasta. Contact Mollie Ficocello at 701-780-9616.
- NoKota Packers, Inc. was awarded $250,000 for an optical sorting machine and a robotic palletizer to improve efficiency. Contact Carissa Olsen at 701-847-2200.
- Rhino Meat Processing LLC was awarded $100,000 for meat processing equipment which will expand and increase the volume of production and increase meat quality and food safety. Contact Ryno Conradie at 701-818-8443.
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