COTTAGE GROVE, WISCONSIN, US — Alcivia, a member-owned agricultural and energy cooperative, has purchased 40 acres and more than 21,000 linear feet of Burlington Northern-Santa Fe (BNSF) railroad track to build a rail grain terminal in Hager City, Wisconsin, US.

The facility will bring grain terminal assets to producers in west central Wisconsin and southeast Minnesota. In addition to the grain facility, Alcivia plans to build a 24-hour unattended, two-bay loading terminal for liquid fertilizer, a dry fertilizer transload, rail liquid propane unload and storage at this site.

“It is our mission to advance our customers through innovative and responsible solutions,” said Jim Dell, chief executive officer and president of Alcivia. “This new site will provide tremendous value to our members by offering state-of-the-art speed, space, and market access and utility. We are thrilled to be adding additional domestic and export market access that will have a positive impact on Alcivia members across our territory.”

The new grain facility will feature upright grain storage totaling 3.9 million bushels serviced by two 4,700-bushels-per-hour grain dryers and three dump pits each with a capacity of 1,500 bushels that will move grain at a combined handling speed of 60,000 bph. 

Demolition is set to begin this month with groundbreaking scheduled for later this winter. The estimated project completion date is March 2025. 

When the Hager City terminal is completed, Alcivia will have three shuttle loading facilities on three Class I railroads (BNSF, Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific), access to the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, and logistics to domestic corn ethanol plants and soybean crush plants. This positions Alcivia with highly desirable domestic and export market access and arbitrage, the company said.

Over the last three years, including the project in Hager City, Alcivia will have invested $86 million in capital spending and an additional $9.5 million for five strategic acquisitions to strengthen the cooperative’s core offerings for its patrons.