UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 31, 2005


                                   ARGAN, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


         Delaware                       001-31756                 13-1947195
(State or Other Jurisdiction           (Commission              (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)               File Number)           Identification No.)


One Church Street, Suite 302, Rockville, MD                         20850
   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                       (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (301) 315-0027


                                 Not Applicable
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 8.01  Other Events.

On October 31, 2005, Argan, Inc. issued a press release announcing that the
Naples, Florida manufacturing facilities of its Vitarich Laboratories, Inc.
subsidiary are fully operational after losing six days of production due to lack
of power and water utilities in the aftermath of Hurricane Wilma. The
unavailability of power and water utilities caused a decrease in the customer
shipments made at the end of the fiscal third quarter, and the decrease of
shipments will likely have a negative impact on the operating performance of
Vitarich in the fiscal third quarter. A copy of the Argan, Inc. press release is
attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)   Exhibits.

            Exhibit No.       Description
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                99.1          Argan, Inc. Press Release issued October 31, 2005.




                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: November 1, 2005                         ARGAN, INC.

                                          By:  /s/ Rainer Bosselmann
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                                                   Rainer Bosselmann
                                                   Chairman of the Board and
                                                   Chief Executive Officer



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

            Exhibit No.       Description
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                99.1          Argan, Inc. Press Release issued October 31, 2005.