2003 Value-Added Product Market Development Grant Recipients

**State** **Applicant** **Amount** **Narrative**

# Arkansas - \$497,000

Arkansas Planters Cotton Oil Mill, Inc. \$497,000 Develop feasibility
analysis & business plans for marketing

an oilseed processing product (neutralized, dried soap stock or NDS)

& the process for manufacturing NDS.

### Arizona - \$41,600

Arizona TerraCycle Technologies, Inc. \$41,600 To establish a viable
value-added marketing opportunity for on-farm

composted vegetables and cardboard through development of compost

teas, extracts and vermicompost, and customer base expansion.

## California - \$4,174,507

California Calcot, Ltd. \$337,400 Applicant will conduct a feasibility
study and marketing study

for identity preserved cotton clothes and towels produced from the

cooperative\'s cotton products.

California CedarMills Eco Farm \$145,000 Working capital grant to market
organic produce produced in a

greenhouse that uses bioenergy to heat the greenhouse.

California Valley Fig Growers \$34,409 To evaluate the feasibility of
marketing fig paste products.

These products are made from dried figs.

California Diamond Walnut Growers \$500,000 Goal of project is to launch
a premium snack nut product under a new

Emerald of California label. Ten new Emerald snack nuts are ready for

market launch.

California California Canning Peach \$39,962 The purpose of this market
feasibility study is to Association determine

the entry points into the California Hispanic processed food market,

especially in rural areas and the nature of the competition.

California Sunsweet Growers \$500,000 The project is a product
introduction for PlumSmart PlumJuice, made

from fresh prune plums grown by Sunsweet growers.

California Olive Growers Council \$148,250 This project is for market
introduction of new product, \"ranch\" seasoned

black olives and \"coastal style \"green olives in re-sealable
shelf-stable

stand up pouch.

California Home Grown Meat Steering \$49,280 Purpose of project is to
conduct a feasibility study for a locally

Committee grown to order, locally processed and locally sold to
consumers meat products.

California Cal/West Seeds \$100,030 Purpose of project is to open
emerging markets for a unique proprietary

hybrid \"BMR Hybrid Sudangrass\" seed.

California California Olive Oil Council \$50,000 The purpose of the
project is conduct a comprehensive consumer research

study and feasibility study to develop a marketing plan for COOC\'s

Extra Virgin Olive Oil Certification plan.

California California Olive Growers \$500,000 Purpose of project is to
introduce Pizza Rings topping to compete against

cheap imported products.

California San Joaquin Valley Quality \$228,250 This project is to
develop markets for high quality Cotton Growers

Association cotton products with verification of quality assured with a
trademark.

California Lodi Woodbridge Winegrape \$129,400 To conduct a marketing
study to develop a strategy for promoting

Commission wine grapes grown in a certified sustainable wine grape
growing program.

California Hilmar Cheese Company \$120,414 The purpose of the project is
to market pharmaceutical grade lactose

products in domestic and international markets.

California Blue Diamond Growers \$329,938 Market a new product targeted
to Hispanic consumers. Products will

be process nuts with flavorings targeted to Hispanic consumers.

California Superior LIvestock.com dba \$149,000 Market value added beef
products by segregating product.

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California Community Alliance with Family \$69,400 The purpose of the
project is to develop a commercially

Farmers viable business plan for the segregating, aggregating and
potential

processing of fresh farm produce and sold to local schools.

California Napa Valley Vitners Association \$328,500 The purpose of the
project is to hold marketing events to increase

consumer base of Napa Valley wines to younger wine consumers.

California Western United Dairymen \$299,871 The project will study the
feasibility of developing a fuel market

for renewable methane created on dairies.

California Tsar Nicoulai Caviar, LLC \$115,403 Purpose is to launch Tsar
Nicoulai Caviar\'s new sturgeon product,

smoke sturgeon, into domestic markets.

### Colorado - \$506,250

Colorado National Bison Association \$56,250 Assess the feasibility for
developing standards for a classification

program that will allow the industry to effectively market specific

attributes of differentiated buffalo meat.

Colorado Blue Sun Producers, Inc. \$450,000 The goal of this proposal is
to increase membership base and

sustainably produce efficient and profitable oilseed crops for

production of renewable, domestically produced biodiesel fuel.

### Connecticut - \$50,000

Connecticut The Farmers Cow, LLC \$50,000 To develop and market a
value-added, producer owned brand of

milk and milk products that utilizes fluid milk exclusively from

Conn. as its raw material.

### Florida - \$466,803

Florida Florida Certified Organic \$63,800 The goal of the project is to
determine the feasibility

Growers and Consumer, Inc. of developing a grower-based, cooperative
manure processing center.

Florida National Watermelon Promotion \$110,003 Two components to
project: study on watermelon juice and concentrate

Board processing; and product development, including consumer
evaluation.

Florida Citrus World Inc \$293,000 Marketing citrus juices to emerging
Asian markets.

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### Georgia - \$268,973

Georgia American Peanut Growers \$250,000 To process and market peanuts
produced by the grower/owners of the company.

Georgia Winegrowers Assoc. of Ga. \$18,973 To expand marketing of
Georgia-made wines.

#### Hawaii - \$363,785

Hawaii Hawaii Gold Cacao Tree, Inc. \$10,825 To determine the
feasibility of marketing raw chocolate.

Hawaii Hawaii Cattle Producers \$319,960 Looking at the feasibility of
two products -- natural Cooperative

Association Hawaiian beef, grass-finished on the US Mainland;

and a short finish low grain, by-product ration and a grass-fed/forage

finished beef produced locally on Hawaii pasture or forage.

Hawaii Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation \$33,000 This application is for a
planning grant to investigate the potential

opportunity of the cruise line passenger market for diverse agricultural

products in Hawaii and to conduct a feasibility study for the value
added

arrangement of one-stop servicing.

### Iowa - \$2,810,269

Iowa Niman Ranch Pork Company \$350,000 Niman Ranch Pork Company is a
majority owned and controlled producer

based business. The owners consist 261 pork producers. The grant funds
will be

used to target emerging markets in mainstream grocery stores for

natural and organic pork.

Iowa West Bend Elevator \$30,500 The West Bend Elevator Company is a
farmer owned cooperative located in

West Bend, IA. The APG will be used by the West Bend Elevator Company

To assist them in the planning and development of a proposed bio-diesel
production plant.

Iowa Floyd County Wind \$7,312 This is a 6 member producer group wishing
to use Value-added Producer

grants funds to investigate the potential of electrical wind generation
potential

in Floyd County, IA.

Iowa Naturally Iowa, LLC \$246,150 Naturally Iowa LLC is a 25 member
producer group focusing on starting

a dairy processing & product development facility concentrating on

\"natural\" or \"organic\" certified milk.

Iowa West Central Cooperative \$140,000 West Central Cooperative is a
3500 member biodiesel plant requesting

planning assistance to explore the technical & economic feasibility of

using catalyst technologies to convert glycerin to high value chemicals
for sale.

Iowa Soyex Cooperative \$149,000 To develop a comprehensive marketing,
business and capital acquisition to

support commercialization of a soy-based adhesives & resins.

Iowa Farm Energy, LLC \$7,500 Farm Energy, LLC is requesting grant funds
to assist in determining the

feasibility and business planning of a small scale producer owned

windfarm in Northwest Iowa.

Iowa Delaware County Meats \$29,439 Delaware County Meats, LLC is an 11
member group located in

Dyersville. This group is requesting working capital to start up

operations to market Premium Pork Products on a regional scale.

Iowa Chariton Valley Beef, LLC \$34,158 Marketing of value-added beef to
corporate.

Iowa Mid-Iowa Cooperative \$450,000 Marketing of non-GMO grain into
domestic and international food markets.

Iowa Innovative Grower\'s, LLC \$51,010 Innovative Growers, LLC is
developing a strategic marketing plan for

specialized low linolenic soybeans.

Iowa Wholesome Harvest \$450,000 Wholesome Harvest, LLC is a wholly
owned producer based business

located in Central Iowa. They have applied for working capital that will

assist them in developing new markets in the organic pet food industry
and overseas.

Iowa Two Rivers Grape and Wine \$150,000 To assist in the start-up of a
winery.

Cooperative

Iowa Small Farm Produce, LLC \$302,000 Small Farm Produce, LLC is an
organic dairy processing facility in

southeast Iowa. It is owned by 83 independent Amish dairy farmers.

The VADG will assist this new operation by providing working capital

during the initial start up.

Iowa Iowa Corn Growers Association \$56,000 Iowa Corn Growers
Association applied on the behalf of two local farm

supply cooperative businesses. The planning grant will be used to
analyze

the feasibility of new markets focusing on process verified corn.

Iowa Ag Ventures Alliance \$12,500 Ag Ventures Alliance is located in
north central Iowa. AgVentures

Alliance, is a farmer owned cooperative. The group has applied for

VAPG funding that would assist the group in analyzing the feasibility of

a food process kitchen.

Iowa Maharishi World Peace Vedic \$144,700 Maharishi World Peace Vedic
Organics is an Organics independent

producer owned business, located in southeast Iowa. The business

intends to market organic sunflower oil, and fresh oragic salad mix

directly to consumers.

Iowa Midwest Grain Processors \$150,000 MGP is a farmer cooperative
located in Lakota, Iowa. The VAPG funds

will be used to assist the group in the planning and development of

a proposed expansion of the existing ethanol facility, along with the

development of a biodiesel production facility.

Iowa Creative Horizons Producers \$50,000 Creative Horizons Producer
group is located in Brooklyn , IA.

The VAPG grant will be used to explore the technical and economic

feasibility of a business to pre-process and market fibrous crops grown

by Iowa farmers.

### Idaho - \$561,450

Idaho Amalgamated Sugar Company, \$91,200 100% Farmer-owned cooperative
is seeking grant funds to determine

LLC the feasibility of adding value to a by-product of the sugar beet
process.

The proposed value-added activity will be to change the form of a
by-product

into a useable animal feed.

Idaho West Slope Farms, Inc. \$20,250 To determine the feasibility of
installing on-farm wind turbines.

Idaho Grant 4-D Farms \$450,000 To conduct a feasibility analysis of
marketing powdered straw and to

develop a business plan to market the product.

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### Illinois - \$813,000

Illinois Central IL Energy Cooperative \$250,000 Project consist of the
construction of a 30-million gallon per year an hydroud

denatured dry mill ethanol processing facility. The project also include

the construction of a co-generation facility.

Illinois Land of Lincoln Ag. Coalition, \$150,000 Construction of a 40
million gallon per year, coal fired, minemouth ethanol plant.

Inc.

Illinois National Trail Biodiesel Coop. \$33,000 Establish a Soybean
Meal / Biodiesel Processing Facility in South Central

/ Southeastern IL.

Illinois Midwest Greenhouse, LLC \$350,000 Produce and market high-value
hydroponically grown red, yellow and

orange bell peppers.

Illinois Ursa Farmers Coop \$30,000 Feasibility study for construction
of state-of-of the-art Indentity

Preserved grain handling facility adjacent to existing elevator in

Warsaw, IL.

### Indiana - \$375,250

Indiana Great Lakes Pork Cooperative \$280,000 Operate a producer owned
pork-processing facility in Northern IN.

Indiana Putnam Bio-Products, LLC \$25,250 Background work for
Bio-Refinery concept to produce ethanol and

other co-Products.

Indiana Beef Ventures Group, LLC \$70,000 Study a beef processing system
for Niche Markets, for the small to

medium size cattlemen.

### Kansas - \$873,533

Kansas National Corn Growers \$175,000 The National Corn Growers Assn.
will use the grant funds to

Association conduct a feasibility study, and if appropriate business and
marketing

plans relating to the development of livestock protein blocks using
ethanol

co-products (DDGS) as the major ingredient.

Kansas Heartland Mill, Inc. \$150,000 Heartland Mill, Inc. will use the
grant funds for working capital

in their certified organic wheat processing and milling operation.

Kansas Rainbow Organic Farms Company \$144,500 Rainbow Organic Farms Co.
will use the grant funds for working

capital to bring four new value-added \"Good Natured Family Farms\"

branded products to the retail supermarket shelf and to increase the

sales of their existing value-added products.

Kansas Farmer Direct Foods, Inc. \$349,033 Farmer Direct Foods, Inc.
will use the grant funds for working capital

to process heavy bran and light bran from hard white wheat. The

bran will be used to create two new branded value-added products.

Kansas Beef Marketing Group \$37,500 The Beef Marketing Group
Cooperative will use the grant

Cooperative, Inc. funds to conduct a feasibility study and if
appropriate, develop business

and marketing plans regarding the offering of HACCP certified feedlots.

Kansas Ethanol Grain Processors, Inc. \$17,500 Ethanol Grain Processors,
Inc. will use the grant funds to update a

feasibility study and develop a business plan for a proposed 30-million

gallon per year ethanol plant to be located in Washington

### Kentucky - \$574,630

Kentucky Green River Cattle Company \$70,000 Fund operations to market
quality Kentucky grown beef from

producer to end-user as a value-added process to increase net profit

for producer and increase net farm income.

Kentucky Kentucky Specialty Grains, LLC \$72,475 Study the feasibility
for rural farmers to capture more of the value of

their soybean production through processing their soybeans into food

ingredients.

Kentucky South-East Bison Association \$17,675 Develop a business and
marketing plan identifying how the independent

members of the group can coordinate a system of source-verified

production, transportation, processing, packaging and marketing of
bison.

Kentucky Kentucky Shiitake Mushroom \$27,325 Investigate the business
feasibility and economic value

Growers Association of developing a producer-owned business entity
designed to manage and

market organic Kentucky log grown shiitake mushrooms.

Kentucky Union County Biodiesel \$25,255 Feasibility Study and Business
Plan on the conversion of raw soybeans

into soy diesel and soy bean meal animal feed.

Kentucky Agriculture Marketing Institute, \$79,900 Feasibility study to
determine feasibility of converting an existing

Inc. chemical plant into an ethanol producing facility.

Kentucky Kentucky Produce and \$35,000 To research the market
possibility for an identity preserved

Aquaculture Alliance, Inc. marketing system by creating value to farms
through consolidating

Cooperative volumes and developing a brand and logo for fresh

Kentucky wholesale produce.

Kentucky Purchase Area Aquaculture \$139,700 Develop a source of origin
and input tracking system to promote

Cooperative, Inc. identity preserved marketing programs including
\"Kentucky Fresh\",

\"deep skinned\", and \"natural food\" products and other value-added

marinated and breaded products.

Kentucky Hopkinsville Elevator Co., Inc. \$87,500 A feasibility study
and preliminary planning project focused on a

soybean processing and biodiesel production facility. Determine the

potential to undertake a venture whereby it converts the raw grain

products into end products of greater value.

Kentucky Kentucky Wool Society, LLC \$19,800 To market wool a craft
supply that will access and support the

mainstream craft markets. This will provide a market niche for the

Kentucky wool producer that is not available.

### Louisiana - \$7,700

Louisiana Lincoln Hills Farm LLC \$7,700 Marketing study for processed
goat meat to enter into the niche market

to supply ethnic populations.

### Massachusetts - \$1,027,953

Massachusetts Massachusetts Woodlands \$499,253 To expand niche markets
for the Massachusetts Woodlands

Cooperative, LLC cooperative that focus on forest stewardship, green
certified materials

and other value-added forest products.

Massachusetts New England Livestock Alliance \$250,000 NELA\'s mission
is to revitalize farming in the Northeast by enabling

farmers to produce livestock profitably for the market seeking healthy

meat.

Massachusetts Heirloom Organic Cranberry \$30,450 To develop a marketing
and business plan for an expansion

Association of HOCA\'s membership, sales and products.

Massachusetts United Cooperative Farmers, Inc. \$248,250 The mission of
UCF is to establish a highly efficient and competitive

state-of-the-art certified organic feed mill in Fitchburg, MA.

#### Maryland - \$127,750

Maryland Bay Friendly Chicken \$127,750 To market broilers with three
value-added characteristics:

natural (free of growth-promoting antibiotics), air chilled, and Kosher.

### Maine - \$5,000

Maine Sunrise County Wild Blueberry \$5,000 SCWBA is a Co-Operative
formed by a group of small

Association, Inc. blueberry growers, that have banded together to add
value to their crop

in order to increase profitability. The VAPG will enable SCWBA to

expand to institutional markets.

### Michigan - \$621,081

Michigan Coveyou Farms LLC \$49,250 To diversify and increase profit on
our farm by executing our business

plan to enter the value added fall flower and decorative ornamental

market.

Michigan Michigan Turkey Producers \$55,574 Develop and expand the
market for value-added turkey products Cooperative among Restaurant
\"Food Away From Home\' fast-food consumers

who are becoming more health and food source conscious.

Michigan Michigan Sugar Company \$74,120 Analyze feasibility of using
sugar processing plants owned and operated

by MI Sugar Company, for ethanol production.

Michigan Michigan Apple Committee \$71,600 Conducting concentrated,
in-depth marketplace and consumer research

to better understand opportunities, and consumer wants and desires.

This information will then be provided to all members of the Michigan

horticultural industry and others.

Michigan Michigan Edible Bean \$247,175 Clean, bag, ship and process
navy, pinto, black and red dry beans

Cooperative into flour. Studies indicate the best current market
opportunity for

dry bean flour is in gluten free products.

Michigan Graceland Fruit, Inc. & GF \$123,362 To develop a market
assessment and plan for Graceland that provides

Cooperative, Inc. a vision, strategy and tactical plan for the infused
and infused

dried vegetable business.

### Minnesota - \$1,103,480

Minnesota Minnesota Wood Campaign, \$94,480 Minnesota Wood Campaign,
Inc. proposes the development and marketing

of branded (identity preserved) northern Minnesota identity preserved

forest products.

Minnesota Hallock Cooperative Elevator \$50,000 Hallock Cooperative
Elevator will explore the feasibility

Company and develop a business plan for a prospective biodiesel
production facility.

Minnesota Howard Beef Processors, Inc. \$350,000 Howard Beef Processors,
Inc. will use working capital funds to

expand its marketing of pork products into Hispanic and southern

markets targeted at retirees.

Minnesota Alan Verdoes \$14,000 Planning grant funds will be used to
determine the feasibility of

processing and marketing a branded natural beef product to retail

and foodservice customers.

Minnesota Farmers Union Marketing & \$500,000 Farmers Union Marketing
and Processing Association plans to use

Processing Assoc. grant funds for operation of a proposed 2.8 million
gallon per year

continuous flow biodiesel processing facility using animal fats and

vegetable oils from its livestock rendering operation.

Minnesota Earthwise Processors, LLC \$95,000 Earthwise Processors
proposes to use working capital grant funds

to expand sales of organic corn chips, organic sunflower cooking oil

and organic baking pre-mixes into new and merging markets,

domestically and internationally.

### Missouri - \$3,708,594

Missouri Pemium Pork, LLC \$480,000 Assist in implementing accounting
and information systems essential

for integrated least cost production and processing for a 100% producer

owned state-of- the-art pork processing facility.

Missouri New Generation Ag Marketing, \$500,000 Development of the
emerging natural foods market for pork products

LLC by supplying consumers with antibiotic free pork.

Missouri Missouri Country Fresh, LLC \$117,000 Market pasture raised
poultry to the health conscious consumers across the Midwest.

Missouri AgraMarke Quality Grains, Inc. \$235,950 Conduct a feasibility
and market study for expanding milling operations

for new product lines, develop business plans for the potentially viable

opportunities, and develop marketing plans for these

Missouri Premium Ag Products, LLC \$349,990 Establishing a
producer-owned business for selling IP-processed, non-GMO

white and yellow food grade corn, corn for pet food, and food grade

soybeans, to domestic and international markets.

Missouri TransCon Ag, Inc. \$332,119 To implement a multi-state
marketing plan for the Pony Express Brewing Company,

a division of TransCon Ag, Inc.

Missouri Barton County Ethanol \$47,500 Establishment of an ethanol
facility within the region to capitalize

Production Steering Committee on feedstock produced in the area.

Missouri Flick Seed Company \$50,000 Utilize waste biomass material to
manufacture alternative fuel.

Missouri East Central Ag Products, Inc. \$500,000 Working capital for a
20-million gallon ethanol plant.

Missouri Missouri Grain Sorghum \$49,760 Feasibility study, business and
marketing plans for

Producers Association gluten-free malt products.

Missouri Ozark Mountain Pork \$420,000 Allow an existing pork processing
facility to expand into the all

Cooperative natural pork market.

Missouri Western Missouri natural Dairy \$50,000 Utilize pasture based,
natural milk from two producer clusters

Producers to process value added dairy products including artisan
cheeses,

specialty yogurts, boutique ice creams and high protein/low

carbohydrate energy drinks.

Missouri Missouri Masa \$349,950 Feasibility study for the
implementation of an Identity Preserved,

non GMO white corn masa manufacturing facility.

Missouri Dairy Farmers of America \$150,000 Determine the feasibility of
commercial applications for low-fat

and super gel/low temperature Gel Whey Protein concentrates.

Missouri Premium Elk, LLC \$20,800 Supply target consumer markets with
high quality elk meat products.

Missouri National Christmas Tree \$55,525 Study the feasibility of
creating a certification program for

Association Christmas trees with the objective of developing a program
that would

ensure that producers enrolled in the program would market a more

consumer friendly Christmas tree.

### North Carolina - \$53,700

North Carolina NC Farm Bureau Foundation for \$53,700 Proposal for
support of value-added farm products manufactured at

Agriculture in the Classroom Blue Ridge Food Ventures, a nonprofit
shared-use food processing facility.

grant and matching funds will support Farm Bureau members who are

producers at the facility.

### North Dakota - \$198,500

North Dakota Ag Processing, Inc. \$198,500 Ag Processing, Inc. plans to
determine the feasibility and profit

potential of implementing a commercialized wheat trace ability system.

##### Nebraska - \$3,576,912

Nebraska Nebraska Turkey Growers \$120,000 This application is for a
working capital grant to develop new markets in the states of Missour

Cooperative and Colorado. The purpose of this project is to generate
additional

revenue to the turkey growers.

Nebraska Biodiesel Steering Committee \$121,000 The Southeast Nebraska
Biodiesel Initiative seeks planning funds

for a feasibility study of a biodiesel plant.

Nebraska United Farmers Cooperative \$367,500 UFC is seeking funds to
explore the market potential for Identity

Preserved or segregated grain by working with processors to

determine their needs.

Nebraska Aurora Cooperative \$309,600 The goal of the project is to put
in place a systematic process, for

adding value to commodity grain products that enhance profitability.

Nebraska Kearney Area Ag Producers \$162,000 The goal of this project is
to assist KAAPA in conducting

Alliance needed additional research, feasibility study preparation, and
business

plan creation, of a US farmer majority-owned Mexican entity to facility

IP grains to the Mexican market.

Nebraska KAAPA Ethanol, LLC \$240,000 The applicant seeks a working
capital grant to assist in payment for

ingredient and production inputs for its 40-million gallon dry grind

ethanol facility in Minden, Nebraska.

Nebraska CO2 Ventures, LLC \$128,000 The primary goal of CO2 Ventures,
LLC is to create added value for

producers by identifying and developing business applications for the

profitable use of CO2, generated from the bioenergy processing
facilities

they own.

Nebraska Ag Processing Inc. \$499,875 Ag Processing Inc. will commission
a feasibility study for the commercial

development of soy-based surfactants.

Nebraska Stateline Bean Producers \$500,000 Stateline Bean Producers
Cooperative, NonStock, is Cooperative,

Non-Stock requesting funds for working capital to aid in their efforts

to add value to the producer-owner\'s dry edible bean crop grown in

the panhandle of Nebraska and eastern Wyoming.

Nebraska Farmers Co-op Oil Company \$120,000 The purpose of this project
is to assist in the initial operation of a

soybean processing facility by Farmers Co-op Oil Company of

Newman Grove, Nebraska.

Nebraska NEDAK Ethanol \$38,500 NEDAK is a group of producers in north
central Nebraska &south

central South Dakota exploring the possibility of an ethanol plant.

Funds will be used for feasibility study, marketing study & business

operations plan.

Nebraska Husker Ag, LLC \$226,850 Husker Ag LLC is requesting funds for
personnel and inventory costs

associated with its 20 million gallon per year fuel ethanol plant.

Nebraska Southeast Nebraska Alternative \$96,355 The Southeast Nebraska
Alternative Crops, Association Non-

Crops Association Stock Cooperative is requesting working capital

NonstockCooperative, Inc. funds to assist with the marketing efforts and
initial operations of the Arbor

Trails Winery in Nebraska City, Nebraska.

Nebraska Progressive Producers Nonstock \$450,000 A working capital
grant to help the cooperative increase its membership

base, and sustainably produce efficient and profitable oilseed crops for

production of clean, renewable, domestic produced, premium bio-diesel
fuel.

Nebraska Jim Clark \$17,500 The proposal is to complete a feasibility
study of eight different markets

for Jim Clark\'s non-genetically modified white corn and by products,

and develop a business operating and marketing plan.

Nebraska Nutri-Tech, LLC \$56,732 Nutri-Tech LLC will use working
capital funds to increase markets and

awareness of their vacuum tumbled ostrich steaks.

Nebraska Energy Grains LLC \$123,000 Energy LLC will use planning funds
to research on the feasibility, compile

a business plan and explore capital raising strategies for creation of a
value

added specialty grains origination and marketing system.

#### New York - \$766,647

New York Appleton Creek Winery \$114,425 A working capital grant to
develop marketing and merchandising

techniques to expand brand awareness and traffic at the winery.

New York Louis J. Lego/Elderberry Pond \$56,910 A working capital grant
to operate a restaurant to market the farm's

LLC organic produce.

New York ProFac \$180,000 A working capital grant to increase the value
of market potatoes

through the introduction of raw product tracking technology.

New York High Falls Gardens \$148,000 A planning grant to determine the
feasibility of direct marketing of

Chinese Medicinal Botanicals to the herbal practitioner community.

New York Schoharie Co. Coop. Dairies, Inc. \$15,000 A planning grant to
develop a business plan with an extensive

marketing plan for establishing a dairy processing facility in

Schoharie County, New York.

New York Upstate Farms \$20,000 A planning grant to identify new whey
markets.

New York Agri-Mark, Inc. \$175,000 A working capital grant to conduct a
multi-phase in-store sampling

program to properly introduce the retail cheese products to retail

consumers.

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### Ohio - \$235,450

Ohio Ohio Premium Pine Cooperative \$78,950 A planning grant to conduct
a feasibility study to identify value-added

opportunities within the pine industry.

Ohio Ohio Soybean Council \$150,000 A planning grant to evaluate the
technical and commercial feasibility

of manufacturing frozen tofu in Ohio.

Ohio Marietta Kitchen Creations \$6,500 A planning grant to conduct a
feasibility analysis for locally grown

value-added products.

### Oklahoma - \$122,780

Oklahoma Oklahoma Goat Producers \$85,030 The Oklahoma Goat Producers
propose to develop a business and

marketing plan for a goat meat processing facility in Oklahoma, for

producers of this

Oklahoma Kenaf Frontier Cooperative \$37,750 The Kenaf Frontier Co-op
proposes to develop a business and

market plan to turn the plant kenaf into several different products.

Livestock & pet food, particleboard and a charcoal material. The

sevarious products will be saleable.

### Oregon - \$382,451

Oregon Oregon Sheppard LLC \$150,000 Add value to low grade wool and
biomass crops through production

and marketing of high demand consumer products, derived from

wool combined with other biobased materials.

Oregon Norpac Foods, Inc. \$55,676 To expand the market for processed
vegetables and other

Oregon-grown products by conducting qualitative and quantitative

research on a new line of vegetable-based products designed for

the Hispanic

Oregon Painted Hills Natural Beef, Inc. \$72,000 Hire new staff to
expand the market for natural beef primals and

processed beef products of painted hills natural beef.

Oregon Summit Ridge Group \$85,900 Provided a positive outcome of the
feasibility study, the project will

create a new business to coordinate and finance the development,

construction and operation of on-farm wind turbines, resulting in the

sale of electricity.

Oregon Siskiyou Sustainable Cooperative \$18,875 The goal of this
project is to assess the feasibility of developing a

cooperative organic seed production growing operation and seed

processing facility and to conduct a site survey and analysis to assess

potential development site for such a facility.

### Pennsylvania - \$375,770

Pennsylvania Boyd Station, LLC. \$349,995 Through extrusion/expulsion
technologies, high quality soybean meal,

soybean oil, and soybean hulls will be created increasing the producers

value per bushel of soybeans by \$0.20 annually.

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Association for \$25,775 PASA will assess the
feasibility of building a regional

Sustainable Agriculture distribution and marketing system for a network
of independent pork

producers in SE Pennsylvania.

### South Dakota - \$247,000

South Dakota SDAPV Dakota Premium Hay, \$145,000 A working capital grant
for modified forage processing.

LLC

South Dakota South Dakota Wheat Commission \$45,000 The applicant is
requesting planning assistance to determine the

feasibility and profitability of creating an entity to establish
identity

preserved protocol so independent producers can profit from the

marketing of high selenium wheat.

South Dakota Prairie Berry LLC \$57,000 A working capital grant to
enhance the market for wine sales.

### Tennessee - \$281,844

Tennessee Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation \$281,844 Develop an alliance
of cattle producers in an 11county area who have

implemented specific production protocols to improve the marketability

of their animals because of enhanced carcass quality. The cattle will be

marketed via a video auction system.

### Texas - \$1,778,934

Texas Organic Essentials, Inc. \$450,000 Develop new products and new
markets of organic cotton feminine

hygiene products.

Texas Texas Hair Sheep Producers \$145,194 Feasibility study to creating
premium products to expand hair sheep

Coalition production in rural Texas

Texas TOPC Texas, LLC \$249,500 Manufacturing and marketing soybean oil
into a powdered food

ingredient.

Texas Texas Aquaculture Cooperative \$245,000 Processing and marketing
individual quick freeze & frozen catfish.

Texas South Bay Protein Processors, \$300,000 Processing seafood waste
into pre-mix feed ingredient

Texas Planter\'s Grain Cooperative \$349,240 Texas Grain Sorghum
producers emerging Mexican market.

Texas CEA Farm Cooperative Steering \$40,000 Develop a network of
controlled environmental agricultural

Committee greenhouses for hydroponic and organic vegetables.

### Virginia - \$38,930

Virginia Central Virginia Cattlemen \$20,000 To conduct a Feasibility
Study for interested livestock

Association producers in the Central Virginia region to identify
possible solutions

that might address the limited availability of federally inspected meat

slaughtering and processing facilities within the area.

Virginia Margaret A. Morse \$18,930 The primary goal of this project is
to determine viable options to add

value to lamb and wool produced in the Highland, Virginia area

and map out strategies to implement the top options.

### Vermont - \$178,495

Vermont Agricultural Producers\' Green \$101,920 Evaluation of revenue
potential from the sale of renewable

Attributes Maximization energy green tags and greenhouse gas emissions
reduction

Steering Committee credits, independent of the sale of
energy/electricity produced by

the renewable energy project. Industry-wide national impact potential.

Vermont John Putnam - dba Thistle Hill \$40,275 Develop a feasibility
study, business and marketing plans for Tarentaise Cheese.

Farm

Vermont Northeast Organic Farm \$36,300 Assess feasibility and formulate
an operating plan for

Association of Vermont a 100% farmer/member owned enterprise that will
coordinate, finance,

develop, and implement a value added venture designed to juice locally
owned.

### Washington - \$403,939 

Washington Palouse Grain Growers, Inc. \$24,955 The applicant proposes
to complete a marketing feasibility study

to assess the prospects of expanding current sales of value-added

pearled barley in both domestic and international markets.

Washington Columbia County Farm Bureau, \$50,000 The applicant plans to
complete a feasibility study and business

Inc. plan to assess the economic potential of growing and processing
oilseeds

for oil production to be used in a biodiesel fuel oil.

Washington Sequim Growers Cooperative \$85,084 The newly formed
cooperative will expand markets for lavender products

and oils to increase product lines and income for producers using a

product brand marketing technique.

Washington Seafood Producers Cooperative \$48,000 The applicant seeks
funds to assist with identifying new value-added

products with high potential and to develop a business plan to

implement marketing strategies towards potential new buyers.

Washington Fox Estate Winery \$15,000 Processor Grade apples are juiced
and fermented to create a wine

product enhancing the value of lower grade fruit as well as fresh fruit.

Washington WA Assoc. of Wheat Growers \$180,900 Develop a Business and
Marketing Plan for the 3730 PNW SoftWhite

Wheat producers based on identify preservation systems as well as

functional and end-use characteristics.

### Wisconsin - \$517,844

Wisconsin Living Forest Cooperative \$39,500 84 member producers will
produce lumber & other wood products

from the member-owned trees. Lumber & wood products will be

certified as Forest Stewardship Council products and sold to higher

volume accounts as an emerging market.

Wisconsin Home Grown Wisconsin \$20,000 Coop whose members produce
organic fruits and vegetables.

Cooperative Funds will be used to conduct a feasibility study to explore
the

establishment of a facility to process and distribute the produce to up-

scale restaurants and the institutional markets.

Wisconsin Birmingham, Deirdre \$8,344 Funds will be used toward the cost
of a feasibility study leading to

the development of the business, operations and marketing plans

necessary to successfully produce and market hard (apple) cider in

southern Wisconsin.

Wisconsin United Wisconsin Grain \$450,000 A working capital grant for
start-up costs of related to the 40-million

Producers gallon annual capacity corn ethanol production facility to be
built in

Friesland, Wisconsin.

### Wyoming - \$200,000

Wyoming Mountain States Lamb \$200,000 Develop a market strategy for
natural and organic lamb production.

Cooperative This includes development of standards, and a complete
assessment of

market and consumer marketing opportunities related to this