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N.D. (AP) — With less money in their budgets, the entrepreneurial programs run by the North Dakota Department of Commerce are making tough adjustments to their operations.

The cuts resulting from a state budget shortage are hard to swallow when they hit programs meant to reduce the situation that caused the funding shortfall — a heavy reliance on raw agriculture and oil products.

Agricultural Products Utilization Commission Program Director John Schneider says the commission is considering fewer rounds of grant funding for proposed projects aimed at adding value to the agricultural products grown in North Dakota.

The program typically hands out up to $2.5 million every other year, but will only have an expected $900,000 this year from North Dakota State Mill and Elevator profits.