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Crystal Valley announced today it has acquired Shell Rock Ag Inc., located in Hayward, MN. Shell Rock Ag, Inc. has provided area growers with agronomic products and services since 2004.

Workers are making great progress on the expansion project at the Vernon Center Feed and Grain site. There are many components to the expansion project and crews are busy preparing the site for the next steps; installation of scales, bins, and other equipment. Dave Limoges - Feed Sales Manager

The June 30 USDA report and 4th of July has come and gone already. We are on the downhill slide of summer and in most of the territory, the crops look excellent! Megan Tusa - Grain Marketer

Work is underway at the Vernon Center feed mill site. Crews have been busy setting forms, adding rebar, and pouring concrete for the feed mill expansion project.  Dave Limoges - Feed Sales Manager

After a shocking USDA acreage report last week, and hot, dry weather in the forecast, corn and beans have rallied to their highest values in over 3 months. Kyle Leary - Grain Marketer

Now is the perfect time to start thinking about equipment maintenance for the fall harvest season.  CENEX premium greases help extend the life of your equipment reducing costly downtime and repair expenses. Chris Hulke - Energy Sales

As of June 22, NASS estimated that 72% of the corn crop was in a good-to-excellent condition which is up 1 % from 71% the previous week. It was also well above 56% at the same time a year ago. Chris Whitehead - Grain Marketer

In the past couple of weeks ethanol demand has slowly picked up as quarantine restrictions are slowly being lifted and ethanol plants are opening back up. The recent DOE ethanol report shows ethanol stocks down to 22,476 thousand barrels, becoming more in line with the 3-year range. Total production has been improving but is still 200-300 thousand barrels per day behind. TJ Fulton - Grain Marketer