Effective September 25, 2023, Western Grain Marketing, LLC (WGM) has leased the grain elevators owned by Farmers Elevator Company of Biggs & Easton (Biggs & Easton). The grain elevators are located in Biggs, Illinois, and Easton, Illinois, and feature a grain storage capacity of over four million bushels. Biggs & Easton has grain sales of six and a half to seven million bushels annually. The Biggs & Easton locations will complement the current WGM assets helping to provide a greater level of service to farmers.
WGM provides grain storage, trucking, and grain marketing services through its 21 locations in Western Illinois and has a total storage capacity of 36 million bushels with annual grain sales of more than 80 million bushels. Western Grain Marketing LLC is a joint venture between GROWMARK, Inc., Sunrise FS, Prairieland FS, Inc., and West Central FS, Inc.