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South Carolina Farm Bureau Expands Services for State’s Farmers Columbia, SC - The South Carolina Farm Bureau (SCFB) Marketing Association has entered into an agreement with Southern States Cooperative, Inc. to handle South Carolina grown grains at elevators in the Pee Dee region of the state. The SCFB Marketing Association is the marketing arm of the statewide non-profit organization charged with promoting South Carolina agriculture and optimizing the lives of family farmers in the state. SCFB has more than 130,500 members who support agricultural production in South Carolina. SCFB President David Winkles, a Sumter County grain farmer, said, “This agreement will allow Farm Bureau to help farmers get the best price possible for their corn, wheat and soybeans. We will now have access to one of the largest grain marketing storage volumes accessible to farmers in the southeast.” The Southern States facilities in the Farm Bureau deal include: Bennettsville (330,000 bushel capacity) serving producers in Marlboro, northern Darlington and eastern Chesterfield Counties, and southwestern Laurinburg, N.C.; Florence (172,000 bushel capacity) serving producers in Florence and southeast Darlington Counties; Latta (270,000 bushel capacity) serving producers in Dillon, northern Marion and southern Marlboro Counties; and, Alcolu near Manning (250,000 bushel capacity) serving producers in Clarendon and southern Sumter Counties. Farm Bureau already operates grain elevators in Anderson, Kingstree, Coward and Springfield with a capacity of nearly one million bushels. SCFB is also a partner in the Estill, SC Carolina Soya soybean crushing plant. SCFB Marketing Association General Manager Michael Gunter, who will be responsible merchandising the grain for farmers, said, “The addition of these four grain elevators to our marketing system allows us to better serve farmers statewide. I can assure you that I will do all I can to get farmers the very best price possible for their corn, wheat and soybeans. This high storage volume will help us leverage better prices for all South Carolina grain farmers.” SCFB continues to look for ways to support South Carolina farmers who collectively comprise the state’s second largest industry worth more than $1.3 billion annually.
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