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{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = North Dakota Mill and Elevator
| nrhp_type    =
| image        = North Dakota Mill 2022-07-20.jpg
| caption      = The North Dakota Mill in 2022
| location     = [[Grand Forks, North Dakota]]
| coordinates  = {{coord|47|56|20.98|N|97|3|20.91|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin     = North Dakota#USA
| area         =
| built        = 1922
| architect    = Charles S. Pillsbury Co.; et al.
| architecture = Romanesque
| added        = May 11, 1992
| refnum       = 92000433
<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref>
}}
The '''North Dakota Mill and Elevator''' is the largest [[flour mill]] in the [[United States]]. It is located in the city of [[Grand Forks, North Dakota]]. Established by the state government when it was led by [[Nonpartisan League]] representatives, it is the only [[state ownership|state-owned]] milling facility in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/31/opinion/pragmatism-on-the-prairie.html
|title=Pragmatism on the Prairie
|work=The New York Times 
|author=Gretchen Dystra 
|date=March 30, 2012
|accessdate=August 9, 2015}}</ref> It is overseen by the [[North Dakota Industrial Commission]], whose members are all public officers elected by popular vote.

==History==
[[File:State Mill, Grand Forks, ND 1915.JPG|thumb|left|Postcard of the mill in its early years]]

The North Dakota Mill and Elevator Association started operations on October 22, 1922. The facility was built by the state as a way of bypassing what many area [[wheat]] farmers considered unfair business practices on the part of the railroads and milling facilities in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]. Immigrants especially felt that they were disadvantaged by the actions of major capitalists in the big cities.

In the early 1900s, the flour mills and grain exchange in Minneapolis were the primary wheat markets for North Dakotan farmers and elevators. After freight costs to Minneapolis were deducted from Minneapolis market prices, North Dakotan farmers received a low price for their wheat. The North Dakota Mill was established by the [[Nonpartisan League]] leaders, which then controlled the state government, to help solve this problem and benefit local farmers.

The North Dakota Mill facilities include seven milling units, a terminal elevator and a packing warehouse to prepare bagged products for shipment. The Mill's offerings include not only flour, but also newer products such as [[bread machine]] mixes, pancake mixes, and organic wheat products.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://history.nd.gov/archives/stateagencies/millandelevator.html
|title=Mill and Elevator Association
|publisher=State Historical Society of North Dakota
|date= 
|accessdate=August 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=6480823
|title=Company Overview of North Dakota Mill & Elevator Association
|publisher=Bloomberg Business
|date=August 9, 2015 
|accessdate=August 9, 2015}}</ref>

[[Image:NorthDakotaMillAndElevatorLogo.png|right|200px|thumb|Logo of the North Dakota Mill and Elevator]]

==See also==
*[[Nonpartisan League]]

==References==
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==Other sources==
* Morlan, Robert L. (1955) ''Political Prairie Fire: The Nonpartisan League, 1915-1922'' (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press)  {{ISBN|978-0816658305}}
* Lipset, Seymour M. (1971)  ''Agrarian Socialism'' (Berkeley: University of California Press)

==External links==
*[http://www.ndmill.com North Dakota Mill and Elevator website]

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[[Category:Companies based in North Dakota]]
[[Category:Food and drink companies established in 1922]]
[[Category:Grain elevators in the United States]]
[[Category:Flour mills in the United States]]
[[Category:Towers in North Dakota]]
[[Category:State agencies of North Dakota]]
[[Category:Government-owned companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Grand Forks, North Dakota]]
[[Category:1922 establishments in North Dakota]]


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