The Greenfield project, which commenced construction in November 2011, includes a 2.2-million-bushel, upright concrete grain elevator, a 42,000-ton dry fertilizer facility and a 1.5-mile loop track large enough to accommodate 125 cars. The Dakota Southern Railroad, which will service the shuttle facility, was recently upgraded to handle unit trains. Photo by Gavilon.
Gavilon Liberty Grain, LLC celebrated the grand opening of its Kimball, SD, facility. The high-speed grain and dry fertilizer shuttle facility — Gavilon’s first in the state of South Dakota — is located near the intersection of U.S. Interstate 90 and state Highway 45 in Brule County, SD. The grain facility will handle corn, soybeans, milo and wheat, and the fertilizer facility will distribute urea, monoammonium phosphate and potash. The facility unloaded its first unit train of fertilizer in approximately 10 hours earlier in October.