WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a total of $204,270 to North Dakota State University (NDSU). This grant will allow NDSU to acquire an Armfield FT 66-D, which can perform the degumming, neutralization, and bleaching of crude vegetable oils and facilitates practical research and development.
The Armfield FT 66-D will improve oil quality, oil recovery, and worker’s safety. Additionally, the equipment will strengthen the optimizing process conditions to improve cost, shelf life, and quality of vegetable oils.