Briess Malt & Ingredients Co. acquired a barley storage and processing facility from Riverland Ag Corp.
April 2/Chilton, Wis./Press Release -- Briess Malt & Ingredients Co. acquired a barley storage and processing facility in Ralston, Wyoming, and a seed plant in Powell, Wyoming, from Riverland Ag Corp. The facilities and local grower network secure a consistent source of top quality 2-Row malting barley from this region for the Briess barley procurement program.
The Ralston Elevator has a 2.3 million bushel storage capacity and is located along the Burlington Northern railroad. It handles locally sourced, irrigated barley grown in the Wyoming-Southern Montana Barley Production Region. The nearby Powell Seed Plant has capacity to process, certify and store 100,000 bushels of barley seed annually.