USDA Awards $17.2 Million for North Dakota Biofuel Producers and Facilities

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the
Senate Surroundings and Public Works Committee, introduced right now the U.S.
Division of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Improvement Program awarded six grants
totaling $17,222,533 for biofuel producers and amenities in North Dakota.

“The bipartisan CARES Act continues to help all industries from
vitality and agriculture to well being care. Right now’s funding goes to biofuel
producers and amenities throughout North Dakota because the American economic system recovers
from the COVID-19 pandemic,” mentioned Senator Kevin Cramer. 

These grants are meant to assist biofuel producers get well from
sudden market losses suffered because of COVID-19. North Dakota’s
recipients embody:

• $6,777,977 to
  Hankinson Renewable Power in Hankinson
• $4,562,256 to
  Midwest Power Group in Underwood
• $4,259,723 to
  Purple Path Power in Richardton
• $1,334,512 to
  Tharaldson Ethanol Plant I in Casselton
• $288,063 to
  Purple River Biorefinery in Grand Forks

The funds are from the Coronavirus Support, Reduction, and Financial
Safety (CARES) Act, laws crafted within the Senate to help all industries
in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic which Senator Cramer helped go in
March 2020.