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Upgrades to North Dakota Mill and Elevator

$8.3M upgrade to reduce waiting times by 35 percent

  • 19 March 2020
Upgrades to North Dakota Mill and Elevator

Bismarck, North Dakota – The North Dakota Mill and Elevator, located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, has announced upgrade plans to its facility, specifically its scales and truck unloading facilities. According to Vance Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer, the $8.3 million upgrade will reduce waiting times by an average of 35 percent.


Construction on the facility is expected to start this summer with completion expected in 2021.


This state-owned mill is the largest mill in the United States and Canada with a capacity of 52,500 cwts per day. In 2019, the North Dakota Mill bought almost 30 million bushels of spring wheat and 1.96 million bushels of durum from regional farmers and elevators. In 2018, the mill purchased 30.7 million bushels of spring wheat and 2.6 million bushels of durum.


The company shipped 14.7 million cwts of flour to customers in 2019, which was down 4 percent from 15.3 million cwts in 2018. Family flour shipments totaled 350,522 cwts in 2019, which was a 2.8 percent increase from 2018. Organic flour shipments in 2019 totaled 141,901 cwts compared to 156,413 cwts in 2018.

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