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Landus Cooperative has announced their Board of Directors will be joined by a former USDA Under Secretary and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture as an outside director. Bill Northey will be serving a one-year term, which is eligible for renewal to a maximum of three years. Board Chairman, Nate Stewart, says they are extremely pleased to welcome Northey. “Bill is a true, proven leader and advocate for the American farmer. We look forward to Bill’s insight and knowledge, not only with his experience with the USDA, but as an Iowa farmer. We believe he will be a great asset to Landus as a company, as well as to our farmer members,” says Stewart. Northey says he is excited to join the Landus board. “Landus is an innovative farmer-focused cooperative dedicated to building on its legacy of service. Leadership at Landus is committed to doing its part to bring about a bright future for its members.” In this role, Northey will act as an advisor and coach on business and industry issues of
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Representative image The company said operations will resume at the grain receiving and corn drying site by this fall’s harvest.
Agricultural firm Landus Cooperative announced that it will rebuild its Jefferson grain receiving and corn drying facility in Jefferson, IA and resume operations by the harvest this fall after a dust explosion and fire on May 14 severely damaged the site.
“We’re so thankful to the local fire and rescue teams who responded to last Friday’s emergency and even more thankful that no one was hurt,” Matt Carstens, the cooperatives CEO and president, said in a recent release. “True to ‘The Landus Way’ of acting with agility, courage, teamwork, and speed, we are now forging ahead with the planning to rebuild to Jefferson location to be bigger and better than before.”
Owners plan to rebuild Iowa grain elevator after explosion
May 22, 2021
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JEFFERSON, Iowa (AP) A dust explosion at a central Iowa grain elevator earlier this month should not affect storage capacity or operations during this fall s harvest, the company said.
Landus Cooperative grain elevator in Jefferson said in a news release that it expects grain receiving and corn drying to resume at the site by the fall harvest, the Des Moines Register reported. The company said storage capacity will be “sufficient to meet farmer expectations.”
Jefferson Police Chief Mark Clouse said the May 14 explosion did “catastrophic” damage to the elevator, nearby concrete storage bins and catwalks connecting the structures. It blew the tops off of at least four of the six storage bins, toppled walls and caused the catwalks to collapse. No injuries were reported.