BRANDT Commemorates National Ag Day

The nation’s third largest ag retail organization is simultaneously moving forward while remembering its past.

Pinnacle has acquired Hopkins Seed and Chemical in Qulin, MO, which expands the company’s Sanders brand to nine Southern states.

Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings — ranked No. 6 on the CropLife 100 — has established a new retail location in New Castle, IN, which will operate as part of Pinnacle’s Providence Agriculture brand.

The 2015 cash return to owners is based on CHS net income of $1.1 billion, the company’s second highest on record.

The Andersons, Inc. Turf & Specialty Group has announced its Humic DG product is now available to customers in the Canadian turf, agriculture and horticulture markets.

Now is as good a time as any to explore the basics of what a retail aerial imagery program looks like today.

Wilbur-Ellis Company has reached an agreement with Planet Labs to bring satellite imagery to the AgVerdict software platform.

The Andersons has established Maumee Ventures, a venture capital subsidiary designed to foster promising innovations that strategically align with the company’s core businesses.

In addition, the two companies will form a joint venture to build and operate a grain barge loading facility that will handle corn, soybeans and wheat for export through the CHS terminal at Myrtle Grove, LA.

Wilbur-Ellis Co. announces the opening of its new Agribusiness Division location in the Denver, CO, Metro Area. The new facility will host key personnel as the company shifts the base of its Agribusiness operations from California to Colorado.

These companies will continue to operate as independently owned and operated businesses, however, their crop protection divisions will now be formally aligned under the umbrella of Aligned Ag Distributors.

He succeeds Donald Wertman, who will retire at the end of August 2015 after 40 years with the GROWMARK subsidiary.

The William O. Marsh Safety Award recognizes significant achievements in safety, safety education or an outstanding operational safety program.

BRANDT will return for its fifth year as a primary sponsor of the No. 51 driven by Justin Allgaier in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

The patents were challenged in response to a patent infringement lawsuit filed by The Andersons in U.S. District Court against Enviro Granulation and Harrell’s.

CHS Inc. has acquired a 25% share of West Central, a full-service wholesale distributor headquartered in Willmar, MN.

Wheat Growers member-owners served by the Mellette and Tulare locations will see new agronomy service centers open for business by mid-March 2015.

Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings recently launched a new retail location in Lowden, IA, that will operate as part of Pinnacle’s Providence Agriculture brand.