Wisconsin Ag Connection - United Cooperative to Expand Sauk City Feed & Grain Location

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United Cooperative to Expand Sauk City Feed & Grain Location
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 08/04/2008

United Cooperative is moving forward with plans to expand its feed and grain facility in Sauk City. During the co-op's last board meeting, directors approved a proposal to build on to the south of the feed mill and construct a new 400,000-bushel grain bin, and a new 4,700-bushel-per-hour dryer, two new 10,000-bushel per-hour legs, and one new grain receiving pit. The existing 20,000-bushel wet bin will also be moved.

Grain Operations Manager Mark Wiegel says the addition of the dryer offers a total drying capacity of 6,700 bushels per hour at the Sauk City location.

"Together, these changes result in larger storage capacity to serve customers, faster unloading for grain customers bringing their harvest into the elevator, and more efficient service to the feed mill," Wiegel said.

Meanwhile, John Scheuers, vice president of feed operations, says the move will add a lot of efficiency to the business.

"Currently, a feed mill employee has to spend about four hours per day hauling grain from the existing grain bins over to the feed mill for use in animal feed rations," Scheuers said. "This new equipment will free up that time for other work and offer greater convenience for serving customers in Sauk City, Prairie du Sac, Lodi, Reedsburg, Loganville, and surrounding areas."

Construction will begin immediately, and the new system should be operational by mid-October.

United Cooperative is a full-service cooperative offering feed, grain, agronomy, and energy products and services to south-central Wisconsin farmers and consumers.

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