North Dakota Ag related funds announce grants

Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff
Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff

(Bismarck, ND) -- Two North Dakota ag-related funds are announcing grants.

Nodak Meats will receive 45-thousand dollars for equipment for its Steele custom meat plant from the Agricultural Diversification and Development Fund.

South 40 Beef in Mott is getting 200-thousand for expansion, and the Tharaldson Ethanol Plant in Casselton will receive 250-thousand for technology to increase production from the same fund.

Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says North Dakota's Agricultural Products Utilization Commission is giving 445-thousand to six projects involving research marketing, farm diversification, and agriculture tourism and technology.