On August 1st, 2000 West Central Ag Services was formed from Felton Farmer’s Elevator of Felton, Ada and Glyndon, and Tri-County Coop of Ulen and Hitterdal.  At the time no one could have predicted the growth and potential that was ahead in just 15 short years.

Through excellent leadership from the Board of Directors and CEO, Jesse McCollum, West Central Ag Services has gone from the local elevator to the largest grain handling facility in northwestern Minnesota while maintaining their cooperative organization and servicing all farmer’s big and small.

Although it hasn’t always been easy, they have continued to grow each year and still astonishing all those who say small towns are dwindling. The current Ulen facility can be seen for miles, and going from handling 15M bushels of grain in 2001 to 22M bushels in 2009, expansion was necessary.