The Link - Fall 2023 by Agtegra

FALL 2023 SPRING 2023

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING AGTEGRA COOPERATIVE!

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TRAINED TO RESCUE: SAFETY FIRST AT AGTEGRA

COVER STORY: EXPANDING AGTEGRA'S FOOTPRINT CELEBRATING DECADES OF EMPLOYEE MILESTONES

CELEBRATING 5 YEARS AS ONE COOPERATIVE GET INFORMED ABOUT YOUR DIRECTOR AND DELEGATE CANDIDATES

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Pictured: Agtegra team members load a train in Bowdle following a busy harvest season. Read more about how grain moves from farms to Agtegra facilities to export markets on p. 14. Pictured: Justin & Jason Landis at the Colman, SD office.

03 MESSAGE FROM LEADERSHIP 04 COVER STORY: TRAINED TO RESCUE 08 AGTEGRA APPRECIATION NIGHT 10 CELEBRATING EMPLOYEE MILESTONES 12 AGTEGRA FIRST INTERNSHIP RECAP 14 FROM FARM TO EXPORT 16 DIRECTOR SPOTLIGHT: KIM VANNEMAN 17 GET TO KNOW THE DELEGATE & DIRECTOR CANDIDATES 22 ACRES AHEAD 23 NEWS BRIEFS: INVESTING IN GROWTH THROUGH ACQUISITIONS

FROM THE CEO JASON KLOOTWYK - JASON.KLOOTWYK@AGTEGRA.COM

Hello! Fall has always been my favorite time of year. The combination of crisp autumn days, youth returning to school, football and bountiful harvests make fall #1 in my book! It’s also a time for Thanksgiving and reflection as we wrap up the year. I’m thankful we were blessed with a good growing season for most of our trade area, and I’m very grateful for the outstanding team I get to lead and all they accomplish in servicing your operations! Our 2023 fiscal year results will be officially published soon. At this time, I can share that we had a great year. Grain, energy and feed performed very well. Even though we faced significant headwinds in agronomy due to product price volatility and peak demand for custom application in the spring, agronomy also performed well. The great thing about being an owner in Agtegra is we put that money to work for you! Besides continuing to revolve our owner’s equity, we have also put those earnings back into the business with over $23 million in projects designed to upgrade existing facilities, remove bottlenecks from operations and support areas where we see continued growth and needs from customers. While every business will benefit from capital spent on improvements, the bulk of the enhancements and growth will come in our agronomy assets. While we consider core places to reinvest, we will continue to grow where it makes sense. Agtegra is seen as a viable partner for those that desire growth or partnership opportunities in energy, grain, feed and agronomy. As inflationary expenses continue to ratchet up, we must continue to grow to maintain a strong and sustainable business model that can continue to service your farms and businesses. Our team is planning winter customer meetings that will start after January 1. While I can’t get to every location, we will get to as many as possible. If the schedule allows, please plan to come break bread with us and learn about your cooperative. I want to wish you a safe and happy harvest and nothing but the best for you and yours as we enter the holiday season. Thank you for your business!

TRAINED TO RESCUE

s a core value at Agtegra, safety has made an impact on not only the cooperative, but also on its communities. While employees receive extensive safety training, accidents can happen, some of which are

not always preventable. For example, what happens if an employee, who is safely working on a catwalk, has a medical emergency? How will they reach the ground to receive medical attention? Because of such questions, Agtegra created its Technical Rescue Team (TRT) in 2011. This team is certified to respond to scenarios that require a high angle or confined space rescue, and, because of their extensive training, is equipped to not only serve its internal locations but also the communities surrounding them. Agtegra Operations Manager Cody Bonn has been a member of TRT since 2013 and started leading the team a few years later. “Since our locations are in such rural areas and volunteer fire departments aren’t specially trained in these types of technical rescues, the TRT was formed to protect Agtegra so that we could handle an emergency at heights or in a confined space if it were to happen,” says Bonn.

The team has yet to be called to respond to an emergency at an Agtegra location, thanks in part to every employee’s extensive safety training.

were successful rescues at farms in South Dakota. But to TRT members, that’s not just four rescues – that means four people’s lives saved.

Grain bin safety continues to be an important topic across the country. Within seconds, a person can become trapped in grain, and within a minute, become completely engulfed. Because of how quickly it can happen, having a fast response time from emergency services becomes even more important. However, if a farmer were to get stuck in their grain bin, the nearest crew may be hours away.

“Agtegra is a strong supporter of rural communities,” says Agtegra CEO Jason Klootwyk. “One of the ways we do that is by having a highly trained team of rescue specialists that can respond to high angle and confined space emergency situations in the rural Dakotas. Agtegra has a strong family culture, and part of that is what we do to take care of our own, and that includes having the TRT team at the ready to lend help to our friends and neighbors if needed. I’m very proud of the team and what they do.”

Agtegra is one of the only grain handling companies to have its own rescue team that also responds to community emergencies. “If we call a paid department, it’s at least a two-hour window, if not a four-to-five-hour window for a response team to arrive,” says Agtegra Construction Coordinator Tracy Hutson, who has been a member of TRT since he joined Agtegra in 2018. “That’s not going to be fast enough.”

With many of Agtegra’s rural communities relying on volunteer fire departments who do not have extensive training in grain engulfment rescues, many county emergency managers call Agtegra to dispatch the TRT. Over the past three years, Agtegra’s TRT has responded to four grain bin entrapments, all of which

Agtegra has signed mutual aid agreements with eight counties in South Dakota, which, in short, means that the county can dispatch Agtegra TRT under their incident command. Once notified, Agtegra internally dispatches members of the TRT who are closest to the incident. These members will bring a rescue trailer with them to the scene. These trailers, which are stationed at Bath, Ipswich, Lebanon, Redfield and Willow Lake, are equipped with the tools the team needs for a high angle or confined space rescue, such as rope kits, backboards, rescue tubes, rescue augers and harnesses. “Our TRT is important

for Agtegra to provide to customers and in our communities because we’re all family in our communities – for us, we’ve got the level of expertise, and we feel it’s important to make available to community members as well,” says Agtegra Director of Safety and Environmental Beth Locken. Bonn, as the fire chief for the Groton Fire Department, and Hutson, as the emergency manager for Edmunds County and fire chief for the Ipswich Volunteer Fire Department, understand the importance of having a resource such as the TRT to their local emergency services teams. “They rely on us, especially when it comes to grain entrapments,” says Bonn. Many TRT members are also firefighters, EMTs or members of the National Guard or Army Reserve. “All our TRT members volunteer to be a part of the team,” says Bonn. “They don’t receive a bonus or extra recognition for what they do. They’re doing it because they want to do it, and that takes a lot of dedication, commitment and training to accomplish.” As a result of their experience with grain entrapments and trainings, Agtegra’s TRT trains South Dakota firefighters every year at the State Fire School where they instruct firefighters on how to respond to grain bin

engulfments using Agtegra’s Grain Engulfment Rescue Trainer (GERT). Positioned on a trailer with models of grain bins, GERT provides a controlled training environment to facilitate a grain entrapment scenario, which allows members of TRT and participants at State Fire School the opportunity to receive hands-on experience with rescuing someone entrapped in grain. Over the past 13 years, Agtegra has helped train over 300 firefighters in grain entrapment. “As part of that training, these fire departments bring the resources they currently have access to so that we can train them on how they can utilize those tools in grain bin entrapment scenarios,” says Locken. “We also teach them more about what other tools are out there, why our TRT uses the tools that we do and where they can apply for grants to receive equipment similar to ours.” Safety is not just about a business. It’s about the individual people who make up that business – and in the case of a farmer-owned cooperative – that value of putting safety first becomes about the farmers, ranchers and community members who make up what Agtegra is.

AGTEGRA TRT MEMBERS Cody Bonn - Operations Manager Tracy Hutson - Construction Coordinator Beth Locken - Director of Safety and Environmental Hope Trana - Bowdle Grain Operations Manager Danial Christiansen - Craven Grain Operations Cole Vig - Energy Specialist Brandon Peoples - Highmore Grain Operations Clint Metz - Kennebec Assistant Grain Manager Sam McCloud - Lebanon Grain Area Supervisor Aaron Dosch - Maintenance and Special Operations Manager Dane Jeschke - Maintenance Coordinator Derek Hansen - Willow Lake & Erwin Location Manager John Leibfried - Millwright Jonathan Morales - Millwright Shannon Witte - Millwright Micah Christianson - Millwright Jonathan Knight - Mellette Grain Manager Nick Fisher - Mellette Grain Operations Tristian Olsen - Redfield Grain Assistant Manager Miles Neuharth - Redfield Energy Grain Assistant Manager Riley Ladwig - Special Operations Justin Kluesner - Special Operations Coordinator Quenton Lau - DOT Compliance Coordinator Mark Stover - Truck Driver

For the third consecutive year, Agtegra Cooperative ho Appreciation Night in Huron. Over 5,000 member-own employees, sponsors and partners came together for t weekend event. Thank you to all who attended, an forward to seeing you on August 3, 2024!

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CHEERS Congratulations to the following individuals for achieving a 30-, 35- or 40-year service milestone with Agtegra during the 2023 fiscal year! We are incredibly grateful for their dedication to the Agtegra team during their time with the cooperative so far.

CHAD Voss

Years of Service: 30 Location: Langford Position: Location Manager

LORI Boomsma Years of Service: 35 Location: Huron Grain Position: Bookkeeper

Matthew, right, shows his dad their latest map technology.

SERVICE MILESTONES

Congratulations to all of our service milestone recipients from the last fiscal year! We are incredibly proud of their dedication to Agtegra, our team, and our customers. Mike Rizor, Agtegra COO

DEAN Weidner Years of Service: 30

MOON Jones

Location: Wolsey Grain

Years of Service: 40

Position: Safety Coordinator

DICK Siefkes

Location: Agtegra Trucking

Years of Service: 35

Position: Truck Driver

Location: Bath Fertilizer Position: Senior Operations Manager

INTERNSHIP

RECAP

Internship Kickoff

MAY 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA The Internship Kickoff marked the start of an educational and informative summer for the interns. It allowed them to familiarize themselves with the company’s culture while forging connections with fellow interns. Among the day’s busy schedule of events, interns were able to ask the leadership team questions, hear from guest speaker, Amanda Radke, and much more.

Agronomy Day

Agronomy Day provided interns with a unique opportunity to dive into the world of agronomy, regardless of their internship field of interest. Led by agronomy experts, the event covered diverse topics such as MZB, drones, FieldReveal and weed identification. This enriching experience allowed the interns to expand their knowledge and gain insights into the fascinating realm of agronomy.

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ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA Etiquette Day served as a personal development event for interns to harness their charisma and master the art of body language, voice and gestures - all in an effort to create lasting impressions. The interns walked away with newfound skills and knowledge from Kim Purscell, owner and co-founder of Etiquette Matters, to elevate their professional presence and interpersonal interactions.

LANDON HEGG Sales Agronomist Intern

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TULARE, SOUTH DAKOTA

Etiquette Day

“I liked how the leadership team came and talked to us; it shows that they care about us even though we are only here for a short period of time.”

“I really enjoyed learning about MZB technology and everything it entails.” JOELLA CHAMBERLAIN Precision Ag Intern

“Having Kim explain the intricacies of charisma helped me to better understand what it is and how it affects my everyday interactions with people.” YAEL SANTOYO-LIMON Infrastructure Intern

“It warmed my heart seeing the participants’ smiles as they created lasting memories they would remember for a lifetime.” JOSIE BUNTROCK Safety Intern

“Hearing fellow interns share their stories about their time at Agtegra and the positive impact the cooperative had on them was very fulfilling.”

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ABERDEEN & HURON, SOUTH DAKOTA

Volunteering with South Dakota Special Olympics and Aberdeen Area Camp DreamMakers allowed the interns to give back to the communities Agtegra serves.

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NATALIE BECKENDORF Communications Intern

2023 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

39 interns

Volunteer Day

Internship Wrap-Up

ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA

As the internship season drew to a close, interns came together for a memorable wrap-up event. This final gathering featured the interns’ remarkable achievements and valuable insights from their time with Agtegra.

“We believe in the importance of providing interns with real-world opportunities to grow personally and professionally. The Agtegra FIRST internship program offers a well-rounded experience built on our core values. Interns experience how integrity is a core part of how Agtegra works with the community during the intern volunteer day and how Agtegra models employee excellence through the intern etiquette training."

- McKenzie DuFresne, Talent Management Lead

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FROM FARM TO EXPORT How do crops get from the field to the food, fuel and fiber products consumers use every day? Explore the grain export process all the way from the seed in the field to the final products!

FARMERS purchase seed from companies such as Agtegra and plant crops such as corn, soybeans, and wheat during the spring months.

AGRONOMISTS FARMERS

harvest their crops in the fall.

scout and inspect crops throughout the summer. They apply appropriate treatments to ensure high yields.

ACQUIRED GRAIN undergoes weighing, sampling and analysis to assess its moisture content and quality. Next, it is sorted into designated storage bins according to its type/grade.

AGTEGRA

acquires farmers’ grain at elevators located in North and South Dakota.

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For soybeans, the vast majority are crushed to produce oil or used as feed for hogs.

As for corn, the majority serves as essential feed for cattle and chickens. A smaller portion is distributed locally to ethanol plants and used as a biofuel additive in gasoline.

In the case of wheat, a significant amount is milled for human consumption in various products like bread, crackers and cookies.

Agtegra loads approximately 320 shuttle trains with grain per year. Each shuttle train consists of around 110 individual cars and takes anywhere from 6 -15 hours to load the entire train!

REMAINING GRAIN is transported by truck or rail to local ethanol plants and processing facilities throughout the United States.

MERCHANDISERS sell and elevators ship 60% of Agtegra’s grain via trains to the Pacific Northwest export hub, primarily destined for China and East Asia with additional shipments of soybeans sent to St. Louis via barges. Wheat is predominantly shipped to Chicago for distribution to mills.

DIRECTOR Spotlight

KIM VANNEMAN

“Agriculture is the industry providing food, fiber and fuel for the world. It is an industry tied to the land, offering so many opportunities, whether that be in technology, banking, insurance and so many other careers.” - Kim Vanneman

im Vanneman and her husband, Clint, are co-owners of Vanneman Farms, which is located near Ideal, South Dakota. Their son, Justin, and daughter-inlaw, Tasha, joined the operation in 2015. Together, they raise corn, soybeans, milo, winter wheat, oats, alfalfa and grass hay. They also have a commercial beef cattle herd and a small feedlot. Kim and Clint have three grown children and nine grandchildren.

representative, Kim served on the House Agriculture and Natural Resources committee, with two years as vice chair and two years as chair.

Kim earned her agriculture business degree from South Dakota State University and is also a graduate of the South Dakota Ag and Rural Leadership program (SDARL).

In December 2018, Governor Kristi Noem appointed Kim as Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Agriculture. Additionally, Kim has served on the Farm Credit Services of America board as chair of the governance committee and human capital committee, Farm Credit Council board member as chair of the governance committee and compensation committee and Farm Credit Council Services board as member of the audit, compensation and executive committees.

During her six years in the South Dakota legislature as a

She also served two years as chair of the board for Farm Credit

Foundations and served on audit, governance and human capital committees. Kim currently serves on Agtegra’s finance and community relations and government affairs committees. Her involvement on these committees enables her to help set the strategic direction of the cooperative. “As a member of the cooperative, you are one of the owners,” states Kim. “It is important to be part of the governance of the company you are an owner of.”

Photo above: Kim Vanneman and husband Clint. Photo right back row: Kim's grandchildren Emma, Henry, Anna, Claire. Front row: Kim Vanneman and grandchildren Ryal, Lenna, Griffin, Lucy, husband Clint, and granddaughter Leah.

SAVE DATE

2023 Annual Member Meeting

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Wednesday, December 13 1:00 p.m. (with virtual option) Dakota Event Center 720 Lamont Street South Aberdeen, South Dakota

As your local cooperative, our primary focus is always to serve our member-owners. We will report on these items as well as our positive earnings for fiscal year 2023 at Agtegra's upcoming annual member meeting. The annual member meeting coincides with the annual director and delegate election. All members have received their ballot and voting information via mail, and election results will be announced at the annual member meeting. Keep reading to meet this year’s director and delegate candidates. For more information, visit https://www.agtegra.com/meeting.

Every Agtegra member can vote for the at-large director position, regardless of which district they are from.

AT-LARGE DIRECTOR CANDIDATE Randy Sell of Oakes, North Dakota, began farming in 2000 after serving as a research economist at NDSU for 10 years. Now, Randy produces corn and soybeans on the farm that was homesteaded by his great-grandfather. Randy and his wife, Anna, have three children and three grandchildren. Randy’s involvement in leadership roles include serving on the parish council at St. Charles Borromeo, Guelph Community Development Board, James Valley Grain Board, his township board where he has served as president for three years, Norway Spur Cooperative Elevator Board where he has served as president for six years, and as a Pee Wee wrestling coach in Oakes. Through his time on the board with James Valley Grain over the past 13 years, Randy has been exposed to different situations that have required decisions that impact the business’ long-term viability. When asked what doing business with a cooperative means to him, Randy responded with: “I believe that being a member of a farm cooperative is the best way for farmers to help themselves, and by default, help their communities.” Randy wants to see Agtegra thrive and continue to enhance the quality of life for Agtegra’s memberowners. 17

DISTRICT 1 DIRECTOR CANDIDATE Glen Crawford of Aberdeen, South Dakota, farms with his wife, Heidi, and their two children, Garrett and Claire, in addition to his mother, Marie, brother and sisterin-law, Todd and Lana, and brother, Leon. Together, they grow corn and soybeans and operate a machine shop, welding repair business and a truck dealership. Glen has served Agtegra as both a delegate and a director, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Great Plains Advisory Council, a group in which he has served as chairman, and the Consolidated Ag Solutions Board. Additionally, Glen has completed FCCS’ Advanced Governance Series Training I and II and was a graduate of Class IV of South Dakota Ag & Rural Leadership. Glen’s time on Agtegra’s board has shown him why it is important that we have people that will step up and be a part of the governance of their local cooperatives. When asked why he is passionate about the cooperative system, Glen stated: “I believe producers need a strong and dependable cooperative. When we do business with a coop, we do business with ourselves, and there are only two places earnings can go back to: the members or to be reinvested into our co-op for future services and benefits.”

DISTRICT 1 DELEGATE CANDIDATES

Colin Dutenhoffer Aberdeen, SD

Gaylon Anderson Aberdeen, SD

Jordan Nitschke Jud, ND

Kyle Anderson Verona, ND

Landon Kuecker Webster, SD

Morgan Holler Pierpont, SD

DISTRICT 2 DELEGATE CANDIDATES

Ryan Zwart Colman, SD

Steve Masat Redfield, SD

Brian Eckmann Cavour, SD

Matt Micheel Cavour, SD

Gordy Salmen Madison, SD

For biographies on each delegate candidate, visit agtegra.com/meeting, or scan the QR code above.

DISTRICT 2 DIRECTOR CANDIDATE Wallace Knock of Willow Lake, South Dakota, runs a diversified crop and livestock farm where he grows corn, soybeans and hay and runs cow/calf pairs, custom feeds pigs and lambs out ewes. Wallace has been involved in boards for 30 years, including serving on the Willow Lake School Board where he served as chairman for 18 years, Dakotaland Feeds Board of Governors and the Value-Added Center Board of Directors. Additionally, Wallace currently is in his sixth year as a Clark County Commissioner and is a director for both Agtegra and Land O’Lakes. Wallace also graduated from Class III of South Dakota Ag & Rural Leadership. When asked why he believes it is important to be involved in Agtegra’s governance, Wallace explained: “No other business model combines customer, owner, and governance into one person. As a customer, I do business with the co-op. As an owner, I share in the profits and help capitalize the business. For governance, I have oversight responsibilities, and I help direct strategy and policy for the business. Without governance, these simply do not exist. I see this opportunity as a chance to make this co-op as relevant to future generations as it has been to me.”

DISTRICT 3 DIRECTOR CANDIDATE Steve Halverson of Pierre, South Dakota, operates a diversified farm and ranch where he grows winter and spring wheat, milo, corn, soybeans and feed crops in addition to raising cow/calf pairs, backgrounding cattle and running Halverson Hunts, a commercial hunting operation. Steve has served on boards for Agtegra, Rails to the Future, South Dakota Wheat Commission, U.S. Wheat Associates, South Dakota Corn Growers, South Dakota Habitat Conservation Fund and South Dakota Second Century Fund. Being involved in these boards and organizations has allowed him to make many connections over the years and develop many useful skills. Steve’s involvement as chairman of Rails to the Future has provided 16 him experience with successfully lobbying to the state and national government for funding to rehabilitate a rail line, which Agtegra currently operates a shuttle loader on today in Kennebec.

DISTRICT 3 DELEGATE CANDIDATES

Drew Diehm Presho, SD

Clay Fenenga Hamill, SD

Jeff Messmer Wessington Springs, SD

Katherine Porter Highmore, SD

When asked why he is passionate about the cooperative system, Steve noted: “I believe the cooperative system works well for our rural communities. Income is kept local by either reinvestment in the business or returned to the member-owners. One only needs to look at the condition of many of our competitors’ facilities to truly appreciate our business model.”

Adam Schindler Reliance, SD

DISTRICT 4 DELEGATE CANDIDATES

Nathan Davis Ipswich, SD

Thomas Schaefbauer Strasburg, ND

Caleb Wiest: Herreid, SD

Brad Heyne Hosmer, SD

Gary Ternes Strasburg, ND

For biographies on each delegate candidate, visit agtegra.com/meeting, or scan the QR code above.

DISTRICT 4 DIRECTOR CANDIDATE Rick Osterday of Java, South Dakota, along with his wife, Sandy, and their two sons and daughtersin-law, Blane and Liz and Clay and Erin, are the fourth and fifth generations to farm the land where Rick’s great-grandfather homesteaded. Together, they grow corn, soybeans, spring wheat and hay as well as run a registered and commercial cow herd and background feeders. Rick’s involvement in leadership roles over the years has included serving as president of the Bowdle Rural Fire District, South Dakota Shorthorn Association and the South Dakota Beef Breeds Council, Director of the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association, American Shorthorn Association and Dakotaland Feeds and a trustee and building committee chair for the Selby United Methodist Church. Additionally, Rick has served as President of Agtegra’s Board of Directors. When asked why he is interested in serving on Agtegra’s Board of Directors, Rick responded: “I am a true believer in the cooperative system, and that involves members stepping up to serve as directors. I’m passionate about being in production agriculture and feeding the world, but the chance to be involved in the cooperative system and be a bigger part of the industry is what I love most.”

ACRES ahead

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FEED Discounts

AG TECHNOLOGY Enroll your whole farm for $0.75/ac to receive unlimited fertilizer and seed prescriptions and delayed payment terms to Jan 22, 2024.

MINERAL FEED DISCOUNTS $40/TON BAGGED MINERAL $20/TON MINERAL TUBS

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NEWS BRIEFS STRATEGIC PRIORITY

investing in growth As the year nears an end, Agtegra continues to invest in companies that enhance the capabilities of the cooperative. Learn more about the two most recent acquisitions and how the leadership team is thinking about the investments. In July, Agtegra Cooperative acquired the bulk fuel business from Locken Oil, a fuel transport business based out of Dupree and Isabel, South Dakota. This purchase includes approximately 9 million gallons of bulk delivery and transport gas and diesel gallons in South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming and Montana. The acquisition includes a cardtrol location in Dupree and two bulk facilities located at Dupree and Isabel. In August, Agtegra Cooperative acquired Brick Transport, a propane transport business based out of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This investment protects and enhances the transportation and logistics operations of Agtegra’s energy division and will bring synergies and savings to Agtegra’s truck fleet.

“We have had a very strategic focus on growth over the last 18 months. We face the same inflationary pressures that others do. Costs continue to ratchet up. Our view is Agtegra must drive top line revenue growth if we are to continue to reinvest in businesses that support our owner’s operations, and we have done that with the acquisitions and partnerships we have this last year.” JASON Klootwyk Chief Executive Officer

“Brick Transport is an exciting addition that brings Brick’s proven capabilities in energy transportation to Agtegra Cooperative. This investment will strengthen our services and increase the cooperative’s value to our customers and members.”

MIKE Rizor Chief Operating Officer

“Joe Locken and the Locken family have operated a well-respected, legacy energy business in South Dakota for three generations. Agtegra’s acquisition of Locken Oil’s bulk energy business is the most significant strategic energy growth project that Agtegra has undertaken to date." MILT Handcock Senior Vice President, Energy & Feed 23

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