The North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission awarded funding requests for nine projects totaling $461,110 at its quarterly meeting May 21 at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center in Washburn. Two projects were from the Jamestown area.
APUC is a committee of the North Dakota Department of Commerce that administers grant programs for researching and developing new and expanded uses for North Dakota agricultural products. The grants can be used for basic and applied research, marketing and utilization, farm diversification, nature based agri-tourism, prototype and technology, and technical assistance.
Ostlie’s Sunny Side Acres of Carrington was awarded $25,000 to plant a half acre of hops and for the establishment of a small hops processing facility on their existing farm. The facility will enable Sunny Side Acres to pellet, package and market locally grown hops, thereby meeting increasing demands from the growing micro-brewing industry in North Dakota.
Bowdon Meat Processing Cooperative of Bowdon was awarded $16,380 to support marketing efforts and to pay for a refrigerated trailer. The company intends to work with AdFarm to develop and implement a go-to-market strategy to diversify operations beyond custom slaughter.
The next APUC board hearing will be July 21 in Medora. Applications for the July meeting must be received by July 1.
