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AGRIS CO-OPERATIVE EXPANDS SERVICE OFFERINGS AND INPUT CAPACITY IN ESSEX AREA

11/22/2019
AGRIS CO-OPERATIVE EXPANDS SERVICE OFFERINGS AND INPUT CAPACITY IN ESSEX AREA

AGRIS Co-operative farmer-owners believe customers will benefit greatly from a capital investment of more than $1.0 million for ongoing expansion plans in the Essex area.

“Our board of directors has approved a significant storage expansion at our Cottam facility with an additional capacity of 1000 MT of UAN,” says Adrian VanDyk, operations manager for AGRIS Co-operative. “Construction is already underway with a planned completion date of December 10, 2019.”

“Our growth plans include a crop protection warehouse that will increase storage for bulk and packaged products and additional investment to increase seed treatment and storage capacity,” says John Nooyen, AGRIS Co-operative board president. “The board has confidence in the overall growth of the co-op and its ongoing commitment to investing and anticipating the future needs of our customers and farmer-owners.”

Over the past several years, AGRIS has made major investments in dry fertilizer storage and blending capacity. The UAN storage capacity alone has tripled. Investments to increase grain intake speed and overall storage capacity in the Essex area has quadrupled. “We recognize the faster our customers can get what they need, when they need it; the more time they can spend on growing and expanding their farm businesses,” says AGRIS Co-operative Essex area manager Alex Michinski.

AGRIS Co-operative recently celebrated the grand re-opening of their Wheatley elevator. “Putting the Wheatley elevators back online has exceeded our expectations for intake this year. It shows that the market needed the additional receiving capacity for grain,” says Don Kabbes, Great Lakes Grain general manager.

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