New Century Ag
WESTBY, MT -- In 2006, the merging of the Fortuna Farmers Elevator and Golden Plains Ag of Crosby passed
with an 85% approval rate from the Farmers Elevator patrons, which then formed the "New Century Ag," an
independent farmer owned co-op. The merger came with the guarantee of the proposed expansion at the
Westby Elevator site a 961 thousand bushel capacity concrete bins capable of handling a 100 car unit train
located west of the present elevator and much additional rail track, now under construction. This would
almost triple the amount of the present storage capacity. The expansion to a hundred car unit train facility will
include a shuttle loading system, in the center of three existing facilities at Wolf Point, MT, and Bowbells and
Williston, ND.
Big Payday for New Century Ag, Westby and Sheridan County
On Monday, October 22, 2007, Montana Department of Commerce Director Anthony Preite presented
$293,000 in funds to the city of Westby and New Century Ag for infrastructure improvements and
workforce training related to the expansion of New Century Ag facility. The city of Westby received
$243,000 in funding, from the Community Development Block Grant - Economic Development (CDBG-ED)
program and $25,000 from the Big Sky Trust Fund (BSTF). New Century Ag received $25,000 in
funding from the Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) program.
Vigen Construction of Grand Forks, ND, won the contract for the turnkey operation and it's now in it's final days
of construction, on time, paid for and will be open for business in December 2008.
WESTBY, MT -- In 2006, the merging of the Fortuna Farmers Elevator and Golden Plains Ag of Crosby passed
with an 85% approval rate from the Farmers Elevator patrons, which then formed the "New Century Ag," an
independent farmer owned co-op. The merger came with the guarantee of the proposed expansion at the
Westby Elevator site a 961 thousand bushel capacity concrete bins capable of handling a 100 car unit train
located west of the present elevator and much additional rail track, now under construction. This would
almost triple the amount of the present storage capacity. The expansion to a hundred car unit train facility will
include a shuttle loading system, in the center of three existing facilities at Wolf Point, MT, and Bowbells and
Williston, ND.
Big Payday for New Century Ag, Westby and Sheridan County
On Monday, October 22, 2007, Montana Department of Commerce Director Anthony Preite presented
$293,000 in funds to the city of Westby and New Century Ag for infrastructure improvements and
workforce training related to the expansion of New Century Ag facility. The city of Westby received
$243,000 in funding, from the Community Development Block Grant - Economic Development (CDBG-ED)
program and $25,000 from the Big Sky Trust Fund (BSTF). New Century Ag received $25,000 in
funding from the Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) program.
Vigen Construction of Grand Forks, ND, won the contract for the turnkey operation and it's now in it's final days
of construction, on time, paid for and will be open for business in December 2008.
New Century Ag Elevator Nears Completion
on schedule, paid for and open for business by December 2008
on schedule, paid for and open for business by December 2008
Attending the check presentation ceremonies were:
(L-R) Montana State Representative District 36 Julie
French, Sheridan County Commissioner Gerald
Kohler, Westby Mayor Jim Weiler, Montana
Department of Commerce Director Anthony Preite,
(Back) Sheridan County Planner Doug Smith, New
Century Ag Manager Richard Larsen, Westby City
Clerk, Lynden Lagerquist, Great Northern
Develpoment Corporation Frank French and Brenda
Ryals.
(L-R) Montana State Representative District 36 Julie
French, Sheridan County Commissioner Gerald
Kohler, Westby Mayor Jim Weiler, Montana
Department of Commerce Director Anthony Preite,
(Back) Sheridan County Planner Doug Smith, New
Century Ag Manager Richard Larsen, Westby City
Clerk, Lynden Lagerquist, Great Northern
Develpoment Corporation Frank French and Brenda
Ryals.
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