Thursday, July 13, 2023

The North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission will meet at 1 p.m. MDT, Wednesday, July 19 and continue at 8:00 a.m. MDT, Thursday, July 20 at the Cowboy Hall of Fame, 250 Main St., Medora, ND.

 

 

Wednesday, July 19

 

1:00 p.m.         Call to Order (Mountain Daylight Time)

Business Meeting:

  • Minutes
  • Financials
  • Election of Officers
  • Contact Information
  • Code of Ethics
  • Meeting Locations/Dates
  • Guidelines Review/Application Review
  • Other

 

1:40 p.m.         Kirkwall, LLC                                                            Prototype & Technology

                        William Cromarty – Fargo

                        Total Project:  $300,000                     Requested:  $150,000

 

2:00 p.m.         Trilogy Networks                                                       Basic & Applied Research

                        Venky Swaminathan – Fargo

                        Total Project:  $228,654                     Requested:  $174,300

 

2:20 p.m.         North Dakota State University                                   Basic & Applied Research

                        Chiwon Lee – Fargo

                        Total Project:  $49,043                       Requested:  $39,234

 

2:40 p.m.         North Dakota State University                                   Basic & Applied Research

                        Minwei Xu – Fargo    

                        Total Project:  $47,425                       Requested:  $37,940

 

3:00 p.m.         Break

           

3:20 p.m.         Larsgaard WoolMill, LLC                                          Nature Based Agri-Tourism

                        Judy Larsgaard – Aneta

                        Total Project:  $100,000                     Requested:  $237,000

 

3:40 p.m.         National Agricultural Genotyping Center                  Marketing & Utilization

                        Missy Berry – Fargo

                        Total Project:  $40,000                       Requested:  $30,000

 

4:00 p.m.         Sundale Hatterian Brethran Association                     Farm Diversification

                        James Hofer – Milnor

                        Total Project:  $25,000                       Requested:  $18,750

 

4:20 p.m.         Adjourn for the day

 

 

 

Thursday, July 20

 

8:00 a.m.        Call to Order (Mountain Daylight Time)

 

8:20 a.m.        Pumpkins Pets and Pals LLC                                     Nature Based Agri-Tourism

                        Crystal Sonsalla – Marmarth

                        Total Project:  $90,235                       Requested:  $51,620

 

8:40 a.m.        Buckshot Seeds LLC                                                  Marketing & Utilization

                        Mark Erickson – Williston

                        Total Project:  $160,000                     Requested:  $120,000

 

9:00 a.m.        Northern Pulse Growers                                             Marketing & Utilization

                        Shannon Berndt – Bismarck

                        Total Project:  $128,100                     Requested:  $95,000

 

9:20 a.m.        Marchand Retail Group, Inc                                       Marketing & Utilization

                        Spencer Marchand – Harvey

                        Total Project:  $30,000                       Requested:  $22,500

 

9:40 a.m.         Grandma’s Kuchen                                                     Marketing & Utilization

                        Lois Vanderwal Dobson – Ashley     

                        Total Project:  $125,000                     Requested:  $100,000

 

10:00 a.m.       Break

 

10:20 a.m.       Hemp Industries LLC                                                 Marketing & Utilization

                        Amanda Jelinek – Fargo

                        Total Project:  $341,785                     Requested:  $213,750

 

10:40 a.m.       Flaxsun, Inc                                                                Basic & Applied Research

                        Austin Anderson – Wilson, WY

                        Total Project:  $302,260                     Requested:  $234,280

 

11:00 a.m.       UND Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences           Basic & Applied Research

                        Paul Snyder – Grand Forks

                        Total Project:  $93,422                       Requested:  $74,738

 

11:30 a.m.       Working Lunch

 

12:00 p.m.       Funding Decision

           

2:30 p.m.         Adjourn