Thursday, November 9, 2023

The North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission will meet at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 15 and continue at 8:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 16 at the Woodland Resort, 1012 Woodland Dr., Devils Lake, ND.

Wednesday, Nov. 15

 

2:30 p.m.         Call to Order

 

Business Meeting:

  • Minutes
  • Financials
  • Other

 

3:00 p.m.         PermanentFarming – North Dakota                           
    
   Marketing & Utilization

                        Steve Polski

                        Total Project: $367,000

                        Requested: $272,000

 

3:20 p.m.         Carrington Research Extension Center – Carrington, ND

   Basic & Applied Research

   Colin Tobin

                        Total Project: $105,423

                        Requested: $84,338

 

3:40 p.m.         Marchand Retail Group, Inc. – Harvey, ND

                        Marketing & Utilization 

  Spencer Marchand

                        Total Project: $19,955

                        Requested: $14,966

 

4:00 p.m.         Levridge, Inc. – Fargo, ND

                        Prototype & Technology 

  Becky Newell

                        Total Project: $175,000

                        Requested: $140,000

 

4:20 p.m.         Lexi & Molly, Inc. dba Waggytail Life – Fargo, ND

   Marketing & Utilization 
 
  Jamie Tate and Nick Swenson

                        Total Project: $40,000

                        Requested: $40,000

 

4:40 p.m.         Recess

 

Thursday, Nov. 16

8:30 a.m.         Call to Order

 

9:00 a.m.         Perennial Climate, Inc. – North Dakota

                        Basic & Applied Research 

   Kirk Demuth and JD Carluccio

                        Total Project: $250,000

                        Requested: $200,000

 

9:20 a.m.        EcoBalance Global, LLC – North Dakota

                        Marketing & Utilization 

 Tellan Steffan

                        Total Project: $690,267

                        Requested: $162,000

 

9:40 a.m.         Carbon Convert LLC – Bismarck, ND

                        Prototype & Technology

  Jim Silrum

                        Total Project: $4,500,000

                        Requested: $250,000

 

10:00 a.m.       Greenwood Renewable Ventures LLC – East Fairview, ND

                        Marketing & Utilization 

  Preston Anderson

                        Total Project: $375,000

                        Requested: $300,000

 

10:20 a.m.       Break

 

10:40 a.m.       Chapul Farms LLC – Cass County, ND

                        Marketing & Utilization 

  Patrick Crowley

                        Total Project: $423,176

                        Requested: $236,856

 

11:00 a.m.       Golden Plains Frozen Foods dba Zalvina Foods – Leeds, ND

                        Marketing & Utilization 

  Tim Roche

                        Total Project: $40,157

                        Requested: $40,157

 

11:20 a.m.       NDSU – Fargo, ND
                       
                       Basic & Applied Research 

 Wenhao Dai

                       Total Project: $37,440

                       Requested: $29,952

 

11:40 a.m.       NDSU – Fargo, ND

                        Basic & Applied Research 

  Minwei Xu

                        Total Project: $92,425

                        Requested: $37,940

 

12:00 p.m.       Working Lunch

 

1:00 p.m.         Wolf Creek Winery LLC – Coleharbor, ND

                        Marketing & Utilization 

  Randal Albrecht

                        Total Project: $213,721

                        Requested: $170,977

 

1:20 p.m.         Aigen Inc. – Fargo, ND

                        Prototype & Technology 

   Kenny Lee

                        Total Project: $1,030,426

                        Requested: $347,645

 

1:40 p.m.         Funding Decision

 

2:10 p.m.         Adjourn