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Ag grants program produces winners and losers

By JEFFREY JOE PE-AGUIRRE
Capital News Service
Friday, Sept. 29, 2006


The 10 companies that the Department of Agriculture
recommended for grants of more than $200,000

Company

Proposal

County

Amount

1

L. Walther & Sons Inc.

Potato storage facility

St. Joseph

$315,000

2

Michigan Turkey Producers

Cooking machinery for turkey products

Kent

$250,000

3

Mid-Michigan Specialty Crops

Color sorting equipment for soy and adzuki beans

Gratiot

$250,000

4

Michigan Sugar Co.

Beet ventilation equipment

Bay

$250,000

5

Cooperative Elevator Co.

Black beans packaging and labeling equipment

Huron

$250,000

6

Cherry Central Co-op

Update wastewater treatment system converting waste to methane

Grand Traverse

$250,000

7

Custom Agri Systems

Oilseed extrusion plant

Hillsdale

$250,000

8

Geerlings Hillside Farms- Overisel Hog Operation

Produce renewable energy from hog manure

Allegan

$250,000

9

Graceland Fruit

Equipment for vacuum extraction of juice from frozen fruit

Benzie

$225,000

10

Heartland Ingredients

Manufacturing equipment for gluten-free products

Montmorency

$225,000

Source: Michigan Department of Agriculture

 

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