Dakota Growers Pasta Company Dakota Growers Pasta Company (DGPC) is an agricultural cooperative that processes its members?durum wheat into flour and pasta products. The cooperative was incorporated on December 16, 1991 and became fully operational in 1994. By 1998, Dakota Growers was one of the three largest pasta producers in the United States, with facilities located in North Dakota and Minnesota. It has approximately 1,100 members located in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana. DGPC was one of the first …showed first 75 words of 6058 total…

…showed last 75 words of 6058 total…processing equipment that allows for efficiency in producing consistent, premium quality products. This advanced technology allows the cooperative to achieve lower production costs than competitors who have older, less efficient facilities. Prairie Pasta Producers In January 2001, Dakota Growers Pasta Company signed a memorandum of understanding with Prairie Pasta Producers, a Canadian grower-owned cooperative. To read more on this development, refer to DGPC's news release (the release is included on DGPC's web site, www.dakotagrowers.com