Gwinner possible location CHS campus

Valley City (CSi)  Gwinner  Cenex Harvest State’s Inc (CHS) is reviewing plans to break ground on a 196-acre campus in Gwinner.

The proposed facility’s plans include a grain shuttle loading facility with 2.2-million bushel storage and a 27,000-ton dry fertilizer hub plant.

The fertilizer facility, with 1,200 ton-per-hour receiving system, will be part of CHS Dakota Plains, based in Valley City.

The fertilizer plant is expected to open in the spring 2016 and the grain facility in the fall of 2016.

The grain handling services would be jointly managed by CHS Dakota Plains and CHS Dakota Ag, based in Kindred.

A 120-car loop track with an internal 3,800-foot spur track is planned which would allow the facility to load 25-car sets from the Red River Valley and western transfer cars directly into BNSF shuttle trains.

Region director of CHS Country Operations Gary Goodroad said this investment on behalf of owners will bring much needed speed and space to area farmers.