Armstrong announces Grain Storage & Facility Rebuilder Program to help producers impacted by storms

Gov. Armstrong announces the Grain Storage & Facility Rebuilder Program at NDSU. Armstrong was joined by (L-R) Miranda Meehan, NDSU Extension disaster coordinator, James Burgum, CEO at The Arthur Companies, and Steve Johnson, farmer from Page, ND.
Gov. Armstrong announces the Grain Storage & Facility Rebuilder Program at NDSU. Armstrong was joined by (L-R) Miranda Meehan, NDSU Extension disaster coordinator, James Burgum, CEO at The Arthur Companies, and Steve Johnson, farmer from Page, ND.

Gov. Kelly Armstrong has announced a Grain Storage and Facility Rebuilder Program to help agricultural producers quickly replace infrastructure, such as grain storage, lost in recent severe storms, including storms on June 20-21 that spawned over a dozen tornadoes and derecho straight-line winds.

The storms destroyed tens of millions of bushels of grain storage, crumpling some grain bins like paper…