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Lawmakers debate incentives for value‑added milk processing; senator proposes targeting large projects
Summary
The Appropriations Committee debated Senate Bill 23‑42, a proposed grant program to incentivize milk processing facilities, and considered an amendment by Senator Thomas to focus the program on much larger, private‑investment projects.
The House Appropriations Committee discussed Senate Bill 23‑42, which would authorize grants to support construction or expansion of milk processing facilities in North Dakota, with grant funding limited to $10 million or 5% of total construction costs. Representative Mike Belz presented the bill and described the program as an enticement to attract processing capacity to the state.
Belz said the program would reimburse capital expenses — including utilities and roads — and would distribute a grant "upon achieving 100% of the processing capacity." He told the committee there are roughly 8,700 dairy cows in the state and that most milk currently leaves North Dakota for processing in Fargo or Minnesota.
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