- 03.30.2022
KULR8: Great Falls AG area small businesses among 30 in Montana receiving ARPA funding
Almost $900,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding has been secured for three Great Falls AG area small businesses.
According to Senator Jon Tester, Madison Food Park LLC, Montana Milling, and Timeless Seeds, Inc. are receiving funding.
Madison Food Park LLC plans to use their $300,000 investment to begin work on a new cheese manufacturing and processing facility, Montana Milling plans to use their $450,000 to expand their dehulling, decortication and protein isolate extraction facilities, and Timeless Seeds, Inc. plans to use their $149,000 to upgrade food processing equipment.
The funding is a part of more than $7.8 million in ARPA funding that was secured for 30 small businesses in Montana.
The following is the list of grantees recommended by the USDA that will be receiving ARPA funds:
New USDA Certified Meat Processing Facilities:
- $150,000 for Big Sky Processing, LLC (Pray): New USDA Retail/Slaughter in Central Montana
- $300,000 for Blue Creek Marbled Meat Co (Billings): New, Meat Slaughter Facility under Construction for State/USDA Inspection
- $450,000 for Nguyen Holdings, Inc dba M&S Meats (Rollins): New, USDA Inspected Meat Processing Facility; Existing Retail
Meat Processing Awards:
- $150,000 for Bear Paw Meats (Havre): Expansion, State Inspected Slaughter Floor Renovations to Increase Capacity
- $30,286 for BMB Ventures, LLC dba Rawhide Meats (White Sulphur Springs): Expansion, Portioning Vacuum Filler Equipment. State Inspected, scheduled for USDA Inspection.
- $140,000 for Butcher Block Specialties (Miles City): Expansion, Custom Exempt Meat Processing Equipment Upgrades
- $450,000 for Eastern Montana Meats, LLC (Sidney): Expansion, USDA Inspected Meat Processing Equipment Upgrades
- $450,000 for Hamilton Packing Company (Hamilton): Expansion, State Inspected Meat Processing Equipment Upgrades, Existing Retail
- $150,000 for Meats of Montana (Big Timber): USDA Inspected Retail Storefront Expansion at Pioneer Meats, Inc
- $450,000 for OCC Legacy Cuts (Ekalaka): Expansion, USDA/Organic Certified Meat Processing Facility
- $150,000 for Old Salt Co-op (Helena): Direct to Consumer Meat Marketing + Proposed Slaughter Facility
- $45,000 for Pekovitch Meats LLC (Malta): Expansion, Custom Exempt Meat Processing Equipment Upgrades
- $150,000 for Prairie Meats LLC (Lothair): Expansion, Custom Exempt Meat Processing Equipment Upgrades
- $150,000 for Primitive Meats LLC (Worden): Expansion, Custom Exempt Meat Processing Equipment Upgrades
- $200,000 for Pure Montana Meats (Miles City): Expansion, USDA Inspected Meat Processing Equipment Upgrades
- $102,945 for S Ranch Meats, LLC (Hardin): Expansion, USDA Inspected Meat Processing Equipment Upgrades
- $150,000 for Superior Meats, Inc. (Superior): Automated Packaging Equipment and Composting System, State Inspected
General Agriculture Awards:
- $400,000 for Big Sandy Organics (Big Sandy): Expansion, Food Manufacturing Facility
- $277,972 for Commercial Lynks Inc. (Ledger): Expansion, Pulse Crop Cleaning, Sorting, Splitting, and Bagging Equipment
- $450,000 for Evergood Commodities Ltd (Inverness): New, Installation of Pea and Lentil Splitting Plant
- $450,000 for IND HEMP, LLC (Fort Benton): Expansion, Hemp Grain and Hemp Fiber Processing Line
- $79,300 for Lake County Community Development Corporation (Ronan): Delivering Montana Sourced Value-Added Products for Montana Schools
- $300,000 for Madison Food Park LLC (Great Falls): New, Phase 1 Cheese Manufacturing & Processing Facility
- $150,000 for Montana Gluten Free Processors (Belgrade): Expansion, Equipment to Increase Processing Line Performance
- $450,000 for Montana Milling (Great Falls/Conrad): Expansion, Dehulling, Decortication and Protein Isolate Extraction
- $450,000 for Montana Premier Protein (Billings): New Pulse Crop Milling Facility
- $450,000 for Sidney Sugars Inc. (Sidney): New Natural Gas Boiler Conversion
- $450,000 for The Redwood Group (Shelby): New Import/Export Facility at The Port of Northern Montana
- $149,900 for Timeless Seeds, Inc. (Ulm): Food Processing, Equipment Upgrade to Maintain Food Safety Certification
- $147,015 for Western Montana Growers Cooperative (Missoula): Expansion to Support Increased Local Food Distribution