Kansas-based agriculture company Skyland Grain and the Texas-based cooperative Ag Producers Co-op announce they have signed an agreement between the two companies for a joint venture effective on April 1, reports the Pratt Tribune.
"Skyland Grain is a unique and evolved cooperative partnership that allows us to provide our member-owners with greater risk management and the benefits of size. Culturally, we also fit well together,” Gregg Allen, CEO of Ag Producers Co-op, said in a release. “Skyland Grain and Ag Producers Co-op are both strong and progressive companies."
This relationship will open up the market to farmer-owners across Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma and West Texas.
Skyland Grain, LLC operates grain receiving facilities in 42 locations across Kansas, Oklahoma, and Colorado with a total licensed grain storage capacity of more than 100 million bushels. The co-op also provides full-service energy and a full-service agronomy department that provides bulk liquid, dry and anhydrous ammonia fertilizers, chemicals, and seed, as well as custom application for fertilizer and chemicals.
Ag Producers Co-op is producer owned and producer focused on supply and marketing operations, specializing in grain, cotton, agronomy services, fuel, and retail stores across West Texas. The cooperative operates facilities in 22 locations and has a total licensed grain storage capacity of more than 68 million bushels and three cotton gins.
