World Grain - April 2023 - 10

NEWS REVIEW
Star of the West to build new Indiana mill
LIGONIER, INDIANA, US - Star of the West Milling Co.,
Frankenmuth, Michigan, US, plans to build a new flour mill
at the site of its Ligonier, Indiana, US, flour mill while also
adding pathogen mitigated flour production capacity at the facility.
The project would increase the company's overall daily
flour milling capacity by 45%.
The Ligonier flour mill currently has daily capacity to mill
8,000 cwts of soft flour. Star of the West will add 15,000 cwts
of additional soft wheat flour and 5,000 cwts of pathogen mitigated
flour daily production capacity. The new mill, to be built
adjacent to its existing flour mill, will feature one 10,000-cwt
flour milling unit, a 5,000-cwt flour milling unit and a 5,000cwt
unit completely dedicated to production of the pathogenmitigated
flour.
As part of the project, Star of the West will build a sevenstory
slipform structure where the mill will be installed.
The project also includes additional feed storage and
loadout capacity, flour storage, two twin packaging lines,
and tote-filling capabilities. Completion is expected in
September 2025.
Ligonier is located 50 miles northwest of Fort Wayne,
Indiana, US, just south of the Indiana-Michigan state line. The
mill has nearly 2 million bushels of grain storage and is served
by the Norfolk Southern Railway.
The capacity addition would be Star of the West's first
since the opening of the new flour mill in Willard in 2016.
The Ligonier addition would increase Star of the West's
total milling capacity to 48,060 cwts, based on information
in the 2023 Grain & Milling Annual published
by Sosland Publishing Co. The company also operates
mills in Frankenmuth and Quincy, Michigan, US, and in
Churchville, New York, US.
Scoular plans retrofit of Kansas facility for canola, soybeans
GOODLAND, KANSAS, US - Tapping into the growing
renewable fuels market, Scoular will recommission a former
sunflower crush plant and convert it into a dual oilseed
crush plant for soybeans and canola in northwest Kansas.
Scoular purchased the Goodland, Kansas, US, facility in
2021, and following its conversion it is expected to begin
operations in fall 2024 with up to 40 new jobs created. The
facility will process 11 million bushels of oilseeds a year,
rotating between canola and soybeans as availability dictates.
As low-carbon crops such as camelina develop in the
future, Scoular will be able to process those new seeds.
Because of its high-oil content, canola is highly valued in
the renewable fuels sector, particularly for use in the growing
renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel markets,
Scoular said in its March 14 announcement. Those markets
will grow to over 5 billion gallons by 2025.
" Scoular is bringing the canola market back to Kansas
and Oklahoma, " said Ed Prosser, senior vice president of
emerging businesses at Scoular. " This investment will provide
producers with the opportunity to participate in the
booming renewable fuels market. "
Scoular is partnering with Kansas State University to advise
farmers on best practices for growing canola. The crop
Goodland, Kansas, US, will be recommissioned and retrofitted to
handle canola and soybeans.
is well-suited for planting in a winter wheat rotation in the
Southern Great Plains. The rotation can improve weed control
and wheat yields.
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