By Kerry Watson, Communications Specialist
The boards of Mid Kansas Cooperative (MKC), a full-service cooperative founded in 1965, and CHS Inc., an energy grains and foods company and the nation's leading farmer-owned cooperative, have approved an agreement to form a limited liability company (LLC) to build and operate a high-speed shuttle loading facility in Canton, Kan.Construction on property currently owned by MKC is expected to begin spring 2013 and be completed in about 12 months. Located on the Union Pacific rail line, the grain shuttle will load 110-car trains bound for export facilities in the Pacific Northwest and the Gulf Coast and Mexico. Upon completion, on-site storage will be in excess of 3 million bushels.
