Bucyrus, Ohio-Mid-Wood Inc. has opened its seventh branch, with start-up of a full-service agronomy operation here effective Jan. 1, according to Edward Miller, Mid-Wood vice president and head of agronomy services. Miller, who is on location getting things organized, told Green Markets he’s acting branch manager until the position can be filled. “We are looking for a branch manager for this location,” Miller reported. “We hired a salesman, Ronnie Shepherd, in September for this area and did a lot of work here this past fall. We saw the need to open an office at this location. Farmers want options, and we were given a very warm reception in the fall.” He also expects to hire four or five full-time employees for Bucyrus Agronomy, which will provide a range of services typical of what’s offered at the six other sites – crop consulting, on-farm seed treating, grid soil sampling, and variable rate fertilizer applications – covering Henry, Hancock, Huron, Lucas, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, and Crawford counties, as well as Wood County, where the other six branches are located. Mid-Wood, a farmer-owned corporation with a nine-member board chosen by stockholders, has been in operation since 1968. The Bucyrus facility was originally occupied between 2002 and 2005 by United Agri Products, but it has been vacant since.
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