Dakota Growers Pasta Company:  Sources

American Italian Pasta Company. 1998. Form 10-K: Annual Report for the fiscal year ended October 2, 1998. As filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Online. Retrieved July 14, 1999. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849667/0001013816-98-000041.txt .

American Italian Pasta Company. 1998. Form S-1: Prospectus dated April 9, 1998. As filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Online. Retrieved August 6,1999. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849667/0000950123-98-003589.txt .

Bloom, B. 1997. Pasta makers see future in new approaches, not new products. Milling & Baking News. Article dated October 28, 1997. Online. Retrieved August 6, 1999. http://www.sosland.com/content/mbn/1997/102897.htm .

Boland, M., C. Freberg and D. Barton. 1999. Dakota Growers Pasta: The Acquisition. Forthcoming in Proceedings of the International Agribusiness Case Study Conference: Wilfred Laurier University, Canada. Online. Retrieved October 4, 1999. http://www.agecon.ksu.edu/boland .

Bonham, K. 1998. Durum's future: What are the options? Article dated November 16th. Online. Retrieved August 5, 1999. http://www.agweek.com/news/1116/1116front.htm .

Cobb, K. 1992. Plans cooking for grower-owned pasta plant. fedgazette July 1992. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Online. Retrieved July 13, 1999. http://woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us/pubs/fedgaz/rou927.html .

Dakota Growers Pasta Company web site. http://www.dakotagrowers.com .

Dakota Growers Pasta Company. 1999. Form 10-K: Annual Report for the fiscal year ended July 31, 1999. As filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Online. Retrieved April 28, 2000. http://www.sec.gov .

Dakota Growers Pasta Company. 1999. Form 10-Q: Quarterly Report for the quarterly period ended April 30, 1999. As filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Online. Retrieved July 13, 1999. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004154/0001004154-99-000002.txt .

Dakota Growers Pasta Company. 1999. Form 10-Q: Quarterly Report for the quarterly period ended January 31, 1999. As filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Online. Retrieved July 16, 1999. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004154/0001004154-99-000001.txt .

Dakota Growers Pasta Company. 1998. Durum Pool Agreement, effective as of August 1, 1998.

Dakota Growers Pasta Company. 1998. Pre-effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-1 Registration Statement: Prospectus dated November 19, 1998. As filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Online. Retrieved January 26, 1999. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004154/0001047469-98-041743.txt .

Dakota Growers Pasta Company. 1998. Form 10-Q: Quarterly Report for the quarterly period ended October 31, 1998. As filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Online. Retrieved January 26, 1999. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004154/0001004154-98-000005.txt .

Dakota Growers Pasta Company. 1998 Annual Report. Carrington, North Dakota.

Dakota Growers Pasta Company. 1997 Annual Report. Carrington, North Dakota.

Dakota Growers Pasta Company. 1997. Form 10-K: Annual Report for the fiscal year ended July 31, 1997. As filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Online. Retrieved July 15, 1999. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004154/0001004154-97-000005.txt .

Dakota Growers Pasta Company. 1996. Form 10-K: Annual Report for the fiscal year ended July 31, 1996. As filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Online. Retrieved July 13, 1999. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004154/0001004154-96-000004.txt .

Hanson, M. 1999. Dakota Growers Pasta a bright spot for ag. Bismarck Tribune. Article dated March 22, 1999. Online. Retrieved July 13, 1999. http://www.ndonline.com/TribWebPage/mar1999/3229972315.html .

Johnson, G. 1994. Farmers count on a new cash crop: Pasta. Los Angeles Times, September 7, 1994: pp. D1, D6.

Juba, K. 1995. N.D. farmers chasing pasta dream. The StarPhoenix, June 14, 1995: page C9. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Milling & Baking News. 1998. Dakota Growers moves to lead non-branded pasta.  January 20, 1998: p 11.

Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers. 1997. Pool ensures supply when producers can't meet contract specs. Prairie Grains Issue 5 January. Online. Retrieved June 28, 1999. http://www.smallgrains.org/Springwh/January97/NDSU.htm .

National Agricultural Statistics Service. Published Estimates DataBase. Selected state level data. Online. Retrieved July 14, 1999. http://www.nass.usda.gov/ipedb/report.htm .

National Agricultural Statistics Service. Historical data, crops production data by state. Online. Retrieved October 4, 1999.  http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/data-sets/crops/95111/ .

National Pasta Association web site. Various industry statistics. http://www.ilovepasta.org .

National Pasta Association. Press Release dated May 15, 1998. National Pasta Association elects second vice chairman, new directors. Online. Retrieved July 14, 1999. http://www.ilovepasta.org/NPA_PR_New_Directors.html .

Pates, M. 2000. Same pasta, new packaging. Article dated April 20, 2000. Online. Retrieved April 26, 2000. www.gfherad.com/news/docs00/0420/282AA95.htm .

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Sjerven, J. 1997. Smooth transition at Hershey. Milling & Baking News. Article dated December 2, 1997. Online. Retrieved August 6, 1999.  http://www.sosland.com/content/mbn/1997/120297.htm .

Sjerven, J. 1996. Pasta makers show knack for sparking consumers' interest. Milling & 
     Baking News. Article dated October 22, 1996. Online. Retrieved August 6, 1999. http://www.sosland.com/oldarts/102296.htm .

sosland.com, "The grain-based foods information site". News release dated January 28, 1999. New World Pasta completes purchase of Hershey pasta business. Online. Retrieved August 6, 1999. http://www.sosland.com/content/news/recent/012899.htm .

sosland.com, "The grain-based foods information site". News release dated November 9, 1998. Hershey seeks to sell pasta business. Online. Retrieved August 6, 1999. http://www.sosland.com/content/news/recent/110998.htm .

sosland.com, "The grain-based foods information site". News release dated March 28, 1997. Borden to sell some brands, close five pasta plants. Online. Retrieved August 6, 1999. http://wwwsosland.com/oldnews2/articles/032897_7.htm .

Vogel, S. 1996. Presentation by N.D. Commissioner of Agriculture Sarah Vogel. Speech  given to the Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives Annual Meeting. Green Bay, Wisconsin. Online. Retrieved August 11, 1999.  http://www.state.nd.us/agr/testimony/prior%20testimony/test961111.html .

Zeuli, K. and L. Williamson. A new generation of cooperatives. The Kentucky Agribusiness Review Volume 1, Number 1, Summer 1998. Online. Retrieved July 13, 1999.
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Zeuli, K., G.A. Goreham, R. King and E. van der Sluis. 1998. Dakota Growers Pasta Company and the city of Carrington, North Dakota: A case study. A report for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Fund for Rural America. Online. Retrieved July 15, 1998. http://www.wisc.edu/uwcc/info/fra/carr.html .

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