Grain Handling & Processing

Mergers & Acquisitions

Caledonia Farmers Elevator, Keystone send merger to member vote

The Michigan cooperative's five locations would join Keystone's 245-facility network if farmer-members approve the deal in voting that ends Dec. 15.

Brand Insights

Thermal Performance and Gearbox Selection for Grain Handling Applications

SEW-EURODRIVE, Inc.

SEW-EURODRIVE’s Austin Burdette discusses heat challenges in grain handling gearboxes and how proper thermal management can reduce downtime and extend equipment life.

Thermal Performance and Gearbox Selection for Grain Handling Applications

Grain Industry Events

K-State, Purdue set pest training for crop and grain storage pros

The land-grant extension programs are offering November and December sessions that pair pest control updates with the recertification credits.

GEAPS opens registration for Exchange 2027 in Kansas City

The grain industry's annual conference adds a hands-on Maintenance Academy, with more than 400 exhibitors expected Feb. 20-23 at the Kansas City Convention Center.

Grain Facility Renovations & Builds

Red Wing Grain wins $10.2M federal grant to rebuild barge loadout

MARAD money will replace decades-old loading equipment at the Mississippi River terminal and lift it above the 100-year floodplain.

Close-up of weathered, rust-covered metal surface with corroded texture and white mineral deposits

Grain Processing

Biofuel feedstock use slips 2% in August as soybean oil falls

Corn use edged higher, but soybean oil, tallow and distillers corn oil all fell from July, led by lower soybean oil use at renewable diesel plants.

Laboratory glassware with amber and yellow chemical solutions, beakers, flasks, and test tubes arranged with corn cobs on neutral background

Bayer seed gains offset crop protection slump in third quarter

Latin American corn and soybean seed demand held Crop Science sales flat, while weather, generics and European regulation cut into herbicide and fungicide volumes.

Mergers & Acquisitions

The Andersons to buy Harvestone in $915M ethanol deal

The purchase adds three corn ethanol plants and operating carbon capture, lifting The Andersons' ethanol capacity to about 730 million gallons a year.

CHS lifts fiscal 2026 net income to $1.1B on energy, crush margins

Stronger refining, oilseed crush and ethanol margins drove the cooperative's earnings, offsetting weaker agronomy volumes and record renewable fuel compliance costs.

USDA reports corn harvest 74% complete, behind average pace

Soybean harvest moved ahead of the five-year average, while sorghum harvest in Kansas and Nebraska lagged well behind.

Blue tractor with forage harvester collecting chopped corn into green trailer during harvest season

NASS reports September soybean crush down 5% from August

Soybean meal output for feed fell to 4.14 million tons as crushers processed 199 million bushels during the month.

Green combine harvester harvesting grain in a field with dust clouds and forest backdrop

Grain Processing

NASS reports 9% monthly drop in September corn use for ethanol

Distillers grains output fell with the grind, while corn distillers oil production stayed well above year-ago levels.

Mature corn plants with tassels reaching toward clear blue sky in agricultural field

ADM raises 2026 outlook as biofuel demand lifts crush profits

Crushing profit jumped by nearly $300 million from a year earlier as federal biofuel volume rules pushed up domestic demand for soybean oil.

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