The recipients include:
Tizer Meats
They’ll use $50,000 to purchase equipment and expand meat production in the Helena area.
Montana State University Extension – Lewis and Clark County
$9,932 will be used to purchase supplies to perform fruit tree research at sites in Lodge Pole and Shelby.
Lake County Community Development Corporation
With the $13,000 they received they will buy food processing equipment to help the Mission Mountain Food Enterprise Center in Ronan to build agricultural food facilities and help with their farm-to-school and farm-to-institution programs.
Community Food and Agriculture Coalition
With $15,000 they will assist beginning farmers and ranchers across Montana as well as provide train-the-trainer programs.
Hedstrom Dairy
With their $29,713 they will buy a herd monitoring system for the Kalispell Kreamery Dairy to help improve herd health and productivity.
Powder River Meat Company
They received $50,000 to help with construction costs and expand meat production in the Terry, Montana operation.
But wait, there’s more.
An extra $110,000 has been made available for other projects and agricultural businesses.
The deadline for the application is May 4th, 2015 at 2:00pm. Interested parties are encouraged to contact local agriculture development centers or economic development organizations to see about assistance.
Join the discussion and tell us if you’re a part of any of the projects that received funding. What kinds of projects in Montana would you start up if you knew you were eligible for the $110,000 in funding?
Montana is making money available to support agriculture