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Please consider forwarding this to your specialty crop producer contacts or filling it out yourself. The Montana Department of Agriculture would like your feedback in making the Specialty Crop Block Grant program better.</div>
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MDA Agricultural Development and Marketing Bureau has recently begun working with a research firm to assess the current state of marketing and development of specialty crop products in Montana so that we can better understand and support the marketing needs
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<b><span style="color:#17334C">Ginny Hurt, </span></b><span style="color:#17334C">Grants Specialist</span></p>
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