Conserv FS on June 16 announced plans for a major expansion that will double storage capacity at the company’s Caledonia Service Center in Caledonia, Ill. The planned updates include a new 6,000-ton dry fertilizer building, a crop protection products warehouse, and a one-million-gallon bulk liquid fertilizer storage tank.
“At Conserv FS we are committed to serving the farmers of today while planning for the future and the needs of the next generation of farmers,” said General Manager Dave Swigart. “We’ve been serving agriculture for nearly 100 years, and this new project at our Caledonia facility demonstrates our commitment to the future of agriculture in our territory.”
The groundbreaking for the project is scheduled for June 23 at 2:30 p.m., and the expanded facility is expected to be complete in 2023. Conserv said both the dry fertilizer building and the liquid facility will contain automated systems integrated with ordering, operations, and accounting software, which the company said will provide a “greatly streamlined processes and improved flow of information” to customers in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
The general contractor for the project in Greystone Construction, which also worked on a $12 million expansion of Conserv’s Waterman, Ill., facility in 2021 (GM Oct. 1, 2021). That project included a new 7,500-ton dry fertilizer building, 72,000 gallons of bulk crop protection product storage, and 1.3 million gallons of liquid fertilizer storage.
“We are honored to be partnering with Conserv FS again,” said Colin O’Brien, Greystone VP of Business Development. “It was a privilege to work with the Conserv FS team on the Waterman Service Center, and we look forward to a successful project in Caledonia.”
Incorporated in 1928 and headquartered in Woodstock, Ill., Conserv FS is an agricultural cooperative offering agronomy, agri-finance, precision agriculture, nutrient management, energy, feed, grain, and turf products and services. The company is part of the Growmark system, and operates 13 service center locations throughout northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.