COTTAGE GROVE, Wis. — Wisconsin agricultural and energy cooperative Alcivia has purchased 40 acres and more than 21,000 feet of track from BNSF Railway in Hager City, Wis., to build a new grain terminal, the member-owned business has announced.
The facility about 20 miles southeast of Minneapolis will serve producers in west central Wisconsin and southeast Minnesota, and will feature storage space for 3.9 million bushels of grain, with two 4,700-bushel-per-hour grain dyers and three 1,500-bushel capacity dump pits that will move grain at a combined handling speed of 60,000 bushels per hour. Also planned for the site are an unattended 24-hour, two-bay loading terminal for liquid fertilizer; a dry fertilizer transload, rail unload for liquid propane, and storage.
“This new site will provide tremendous value to our members by offering state-of-the-art speed, space, and market access and utility,” Alcivia CEO Jim Dell said in a press release. “We are thrilled to be adding additional domestic and export market access that will have a positive impact on Alcivia members across our territory.”
Groundbreaking is expected later this winter, with project completion estimated for March 2025.
Does this new terminal have Mississippi River access?
If so, how much material moves by barge? How much by rail?
This terminal will be work for the LaCrosse, Wisc. crews!
Ed Burns
Retired NP BN BNSF from Mpls.