USDA Value - Added Producer Grant Program Award Winners
| 2007 | ||
| J. Berry Nursery | $300,000 |
Working capital expenses for the development of the knock-out rose program. |
| Gentz Cattle Company | $50,000 |
Working capital expenses for the development of natural Longhorn beef sales. |
| Southwest Energy & Feed Inc. | $300,000 |
Working capital expenses for biodiesel production and sales. |
| 2006 | ||
| Avery Foods | $150,000 |
Working capital expenses associated with marketing raw, peeled, and deveined boxed shrimp and formed, breaded, and seasoned shrimp products. |
| Bee County Coop Association, LLC | $300,000 |
To pay for working capital expenses associated with marketing bio-diesel made from cottonseed. |
| Clifton Raeke & Sons Farm | $65,000 |
To assess the feasibility of and develop a business plan for marketing wood chips made from Mesquite and Huisache trees for use as a fuel. |
| Gentz Cattle Company, Inc. | $25,000 |
To assess the feasibility of marketing beef from naturally-raised Longhorn cattle. |
| Planter's Grain Cooperative | $298,180 |
To pay for working capital expenses associated with marketing identity-preserved feed ingredients, including corn, wheat, soybeans, cottonseed, distillers dried grains, rice, and cottonseed meal. |
| 2005 | ||
| Affordable Building Systems dba Durra Building Systems | $100,000 |
Funds will be used to assess the feasibility of building "universal houses" using strawboard as a main material for homes in Texas and the southwest U.S. |
| Apispedegree, LP dba Genetic Resources International | $150,000 |
Funds will be used to support the production of bovine gender pre-determined embryos for the global market, through purchase of supplies and labor costs. |
| Inguran LP dba Sexing Technologies | $150,000 |
Funds will be used to expand sales and market sexing technology or "gender sorting" of bovine semen for sale to ranchers worldwide. |
| Leaning Oaks Vineyards JV | $49,944 |
Funds will be used to operate a wine processing facility, expand to target markets, and assist with salaries and production costs. |
| Preferred Bird of Texas | $30,500 |
Funds will be used to assess feasibility of growing natural, grassfed poultry in Texas. |
| Texas Hair Sheep Producers Association | $94,836 |
Funds will be used to implement a marketing campaign, maintain the facilities, and produce meat and leather. |
| 2004 | ||
| Texas Best Organics, LLC | $150,000 |
Grant funds will be used for working capital expenses for marketing organic rice flour. |
| Affordable Building Systems, LLC | $134,375 |
Grant funds will be used for working capital expenses for marketing a commercial acoustical theater wall building system out of wheat straw. |
| 2002 | ||
| Affordable Building Systems, LLC | $137,500 |
Grant funds will be used for working capital expenses for marketing a commercial ceiling system out of wheat straw. |