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Major agricultural companies are constructing and expanding over 20 facilities across North America through 2027 to significantly boost grain, soybean, and oilseed handling and processing capacity. These projects include new crushing plants, grain terminals, and processing facilities that will increase annual production capacity by millions of bushels and create hundreds of jobs across the agricultural sector.
- 20+ Projects Underway: Major construction and expansion projects planned through 2027 across North America to boost agricultural handling capacity
- Massive Production Increases: New facilities will add capacity to process up to 35 million bushels annually and crush 1.5 million metric tons of soybeans
- Job Creation: Projects expected to create hundreds of high-quality jobs in grain handling, processing, and agricultural logistics
- Timeline: Most facilities completing between 2025-2026, with some projects extending to 2027 and 2030
- Geographic Expansion: Facilities located across major agricultural regions including Texas, Kansas, Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio, Louisiana, and Canada
New construction
United Cooperative | soybean crushing plant
Location: Waupun, Wisconsin
Planned completion: 2026
The plant will crush 7.5 million bushels of soybeans annually and create 50 high-quality jobs.
New construction
Bunge Chevron Ag | renewables oilseed plant
Location: Destrehan, Louisiana
Planned completion: 2026
The new plant will feature a flexible design, intended to allow the processing of soybeans, as well as softseeds and novel winter oilseed crops.
New construction
Central Valley | ag shuttle facility
Location: Courtland, Kansas
Planned completion: Summer 2025
Will provide a high-speed shuttle loader on a loop track with access to BNSF Railroad and on-site storage of approximately 5.5 million bushels.
New construction
High Plains Processing | soybean processing plant
Location: Mitchell, South Dakota
Planned completion: Fall 2025
Will be able to process up to 35 million bushels annually, or about 1 million tons of high-oil-content product.
New construction
Louis Dreyfus | pea protein plant
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Planned completion: Winter 2025
Designed to produce highly functional, taste-neutral and nutritious pea protein ingredients suitable for a wide range of applications.
Expansion
Archer Daniels Midland | Port Windsor grain terminal
Location: Ontario, Canada
Planned completion: Unreported
Includes the construction of new grain drying equipment, expansion of grain storage capacity, loading capacity and an automated truck kiosk.
New construction
Louis Dreyfus | soybean processing plant
Location: Sandusky, Ohio
Planned completion: Spring 2026
Will have annual soy crushing capacity of 1.5 million metric tons and annual edible soybean oil production capacity of 320,000 metric tons.
Expansion
Incobrasa Industries | soybean processing plant
Location: Gilman, Illinois
Planned completion: 2030
Expansion will help the company more than double its production capacity.
Expansion
Scranton Equity Exchange | grain handling facility
Location: Scranton, North Dakota
Planned completion: 2025
The expansion will boost storage capacity by 50% and slash car loading times in half. Additionally, the cooperative expects to more than double its truck receiving speed, increasing velocity by 2.5 times the current rate.
New construction
5V | shuttle train receiver
Location: Dalhart, Texas
Planned completion: 2026
The facility is expected to significantly benefit the Texas Panhandle region by enhancing local feed supply and strengthening agricultural capabilities.
New construction
Viterra | grain facility
Location: Dalhart, Texas
Planned completion: mid-2026
The state-of-the-art facility will feature an advanced grain handling system and a loop track served by Union Pacific Railroad.
New construction
G3 Canada | grain terminal
Location: Quebec, Canada
Planned completion: Fall 2027
The Port of Trois-Rivières project aims to enhance efficiency, improve safety and minimize environmental impact in the region's grain industry.
New construction
Marquis Grain | soybean distribution hub
Location: Hennepin, Illinois
Planned completion: Unreported
The project will build a new, roughly 700-foot loading dock, conveyor systems and storage systems for soybean meal, soybean oil and soybean hulls.
New construction
Beck's | soybean processing facility
Location: New Madrid, Missouri
Planned completion: Fall 2026
The project will have a processing capacity of 3 million units of soybeans/year.
Expansion
CHS | grain terminal
Location: Kindred, North Dakota
Planned completion: 2026
Cooperative plans to increase speed and efficiency including a 5.2 million bushel capacity upgrade.
Expansion
FS GRAIN | grain elevator
Location: St. Anne, Illinois
Planned completion: 2026
The project will add a new state-of-the-art shuttle loader with mainline, Class I rail services provided by Union Pacific and CSX railroads.
Expansion
Farmward Cooperative | grain elevator
Location: Danube, Minnesota
Planned completion: Unreported
Upgrades include four concrete slipform silos with three interstice bins, adding 1.65 million bushels of storage, along with two 25,000 bushel/hour receiving pits and a 50,000 bushel/hour transfer conveyor connecting to the existing facility.
Expansion
Farmward Cooperative | grain elevator
Location: Danube, Minnesota
Planned completion: 2025
The elevator will feature three 20,000 bushel/hour receiving pits with drying capacity of 7,500 bushels/hour.
Expansion
CHS | shuttle facility
Location: Lansford, North Dakota
Planned completion: 2025
The facility plans to add 2.5 million bushels of storage in order to reliably handle corn during harvest.
Expansion
CHS | grain elevator
Location: Warren, Minnesota
Planned completion: 2026
The elevator will double its storage capacity, and improve receiving and drying speeds to improve the ability to handle corn, soybeans and spring wheat.
