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Some of those attending the groundbreaking of Golden Valley Ingredients L.L.C. along Main
Street in Beach, from left, are AI Yablonski of Anchor Ingredients; Levi Hall, Beach Co-op general
manager; Rick Miske, Don Hardy, Steve Zook, Doug Mosser, Michael Bosserman and Rob Lund,
Beach Co-op board members, and Seth Novak of Anchor Ingredients. (Photo by Jane M. Cook)
Groundbreaking for processing facility held
By Jane M. Cook Their company, started aroundto domestic food andpet food corn-
Reporter March 2015, and in partnership panies."
Groundbreaking for a new pro- with Arthur Companies, have a total They are looking to hire five em-
cessing facility in Beach was held of five facilities in the state, which ployees to begin with, and hoping
on Aug. 28. includes the one to be built in to gain at least 15 as time goes on.
AI Yablonski and Seth Novak, Beach. West Coast Agricultural Con-
co-founders of Anchor Ingredients Said A1 Yablonski, "Most of the struction Co. of Salem, Ore will be
Co. L.L.C. of Fargo have joined products will be pulse ingredients - building the facility in Beach. The
with Beach Cooperative Grain peas, chickpeas, beans - and will be projected completion will be some-
Company for this new venture, shipped to global markets as well as time in March 2018.
North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring, standing in the foreground, speaks at
a meeting regarding drought conditions and assistance as Gov. Doug Burgum, also standing, looks
on. (Photo by Richard Volesky)
insu
By Richard Volesky
Editor/Reporter
Howthe federal government esti-
mates rainfall for an insurance pro-
gram was a hot topic at an Aug. 24
meeting regarding drought in North
Dakota.
Gov, Doug Burgum and state
Agriculture Commissioner Doug
Goehring held the town hall meeting
in Beach as part of a series of gather-
ings to provide information about
drought resources and to answer
questions and to hear concerns.
About 70 people, including repre-
sentatives of Sens. John Hoeven, R-
N.D and Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D
and Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D at-
tended.
Billings County rancher Jerry An-
heluk said he wasn't pleased with
how the federal Risk Management
Agency determines the amount of its
payments. Although in a drought,
Anheluk said the RMA determined
his land had precipitation that was 20
percent above normal.
Anheluk asked Goehring if that
state was going to let the ongoing
RMA issue "slide."
"I'm not willing to sit down and
wait another year," said Anheluk.
Goehring said he hasn't backed
off on the issue, but doesn't want to
over promise what will be done. He
said the RMA uses statistical calcu-
lations from precipitation measuring
stations to determine precipitation
for each RMA area. The RMA areas
reportedly cover 17 square miles.
However, a single rainstorm can
mean one ranch is faring far better
than a neighboring one that's a few
miles away.
Goehring said he realized that
people are angry because they have
paid rainfall insurance premiums but
have lost confidence in the program.
rance
raise ire
Goehring said he hasn't backed off on the
issue, but doesn't want to over promise what
will be done. He said the RMA uses statisti-
.cal calculations from precipitation measur-
ing stations to determine precipitation for
each RMA area.
Anheluk asked why ranchers the State Water Commission, men-
couldn't initiate a class action lawsuit tioned the commission has added
against the RMA, and if the gover- $500,000 to North Dakota's drought
nor could assist, disaster livestock water supply cost-
Goehring said Anheluk may want share program.
to explore the lawsuit idea more. To date, nearly $1.4 million has
Goehring also said he wasn't encour- been allocated to the program. The
aging litigation, but such may be a $825,000 that was previously ap-
way to force the issue, proved has already been committed
"It's a black and white issue, and to 268 projects for 195 applicants.
we want our money," said Anheluk. The money can be used for a .va-
'Tll never buy it (the precipitation in- riety of projects, including new water
surance) again." wells."
Rep. Keith Kempenich, R-Bow- Erbele said the State Water Co
man, who is a rancher and a crop ad- mmission uses the federal Drought
juster, said there was "no doubt" that Monitor maps to designate the area
the program has problems, for the water supply program.
However, Don Hardy, a Beach That raised the question as to why
area farmer who is also in the insur- the RMA doesn't use the same maps
ance business, said there have been in figuring its insurance claim pay-
"success stories" with how the pro- outs.
gram has benefited ag producers. The Goehring said that's because the
way moistt/re is detected and ana- RMA doesn't have an insurance
lyzed "needs to be tweaked," he product that includes use of the
added. Drought Monitor.
"If this isn't a year we needed a In other discussion:
safety net " said Anheluk.- Greg Wilz, state Homeland Se-
Goehring said his department curity Division director, said the"
would work on the issue of more re- number of fires in the state has de-
porting to improve the information creased since July. He reminded ag
that RMA uses. producers to be sure to try to protect
Anheluk said he didn't care about the hay supplies they have by disking
the reporting; he was concerned a barrier around fields with baled
about how payments for the current hay.
year have been handled.
In another drought-related matter, Rainfall
Garland Erbele, state engineer with (Continued on Page 6)
n puShing for new kken study *
BISMARCK - Sen. John Ho-
even, R-N.D a member of the Sen-
ate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee and Energy Appropria-
tions Committee, on Aug. 25 hosted
William Werkheiser, acting director
of the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS), for a meeting in Bismarck
to outline the need for updated re-
coverable resource estimates for the
Bakken region.
Hoeven arranged the visit so
Werkheiser could hear firsthand from
energy leaders in the state about the
latest data, geological surveys and
technical achievements in the oil
field.
"Oil production has remained near
one million barrels a day in North
Dakota, despite persistent, low oil
prices," Hoeven said. "That is a tes-
tament to the ingenuity of our state's
energy industry, which continues to
find ways to reduce costs and im-
prove the performance of their wells.
The innovations that have been de-
veloped over the past several years
have changed many of the assump-
"Oil production has remained near one
million barrels a day in North Dakota, de-
spite persistent, low oil prices. That is a tes-
tament to the ingenuity of our state's energy
industry, which continues to find ways to re-
duce costs and improve the performance of
their wells."
Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D.
tions about oil production in the 3.65 billion barrels to 7.4 billion bar-
Bakken. That's why it is so important rels.
for Acting Director Werkheiser to In addition, Hoeven continues
meet with our producers, who can working through the Appropriations
make a strong case for a new USGS Committee to support federal re-
study. Updated estimates are vital for search programs that empower pro-
providing certainty to energy pro- ducers to get more out of oil and gas
ducers and encouraging investment wells, while also reducing the envi-
in the Bakken." ronmental footprint of drilling. To this
Hoeven spearheaded a similar ef- end, the Senate's
fort that resulted in the latest USGS fiscal year 2018 energy funding
study from 2013, which more than bill includes $26 million for enhanced
doubled the estimates of technically oil recovery research, a $6 million in-
recoverable oil at that time, from crease over the previous year.
Grants intended to boost development in region
WASHINGTON - North North Dakota counties and $26,301 cil will receive $253,506 to create
Dakota's congressional delegation for a project to determine if an ex- 13 new jobs by purchasing equip-
says the U.S Department of Agri- isting building can be converted ment to expand manufacturing lines
,culture has awarded more than into a retail and business office and increase production runs at
$680,000 to support nine rural de- space. Chiptronics, Inc.'s Dunseith facility.
velopment projects in North Dakota. Tuttle Development Club in Turtle Mountain Band of
"These grants will help support Kidder County will receive $44,585 Chippewa will receive $108,140 to
business development in ruralareas to repurpose the former Tuttle provide training to rural entrepre-
to help make these communities Schoolbuilding into a regional eco- neurs and assist in the creation of
and their economies stronger and nomic development incubator, in- new businesses.
more resilient," said Sen. John Ho- eluding renovating classrooms into Roosevelt-Custer Regional
even, R-N.D. office and conference space.Council in Stark County will re-
The projects include: Pembina County Job Develop- ceive $99,000 to provide local food
City of Mott will receive ment Authority will receivedgrowers with training and resources
$58,920 to remodel and renovate an $19,000 for the Northern Red River to increase their commercial sales
existing building to provide office Valley Youth Entrepreneurship Ini- of locally grown fruits and vegeta-
space for up to four businesses, tiative, which provides training and bles.
Dunn County will receive technical assistance to rural entre- University of Jamestown will
$41,096 to support two projects,in- preneurs from 13 school districts in receive $63,415 to support the
eluding $I4,795 to help develop a Walsh County, Pembina County, Jamestown Regional Entrepreneur
system to improve and increase and portions of Grand Forks County Center, which assists entrepreneurs
food production and consumption and Ramsey County. and innovators in developing and
of local foods in eight southwestern North Central Planning Coun- launching successful businesses.
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