Agribusiness Segment
Green Plains Grain, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Green Plains Renewable Energy, is a grain and farm supply business, which operates several lines of business: bulk grain, agronomy, livestock feed and petroleum products. It has 14 facilities across Iowa, Missouri and West Tennessee. Green Plains Grain buys bulk grain, primarily corn, soybeans, wheat and oats from area producers and provides grain drying and storage services to those producers. The grain is then sold to grain processing companies and area livestock producers. Green Plains Grain sells diesel, soy diesel, gasoline (including E10, E20, E30, E50 and E85 blends) and propane, primarily to farmers and consumers who buy at retail. We also sell feed to area farmers and integrators for the production of swine, cattle and poultry in the area. Green Plains Grain has agronomists on staff who consult and provide application services to area producers as well as sell anhydrous ammonia, dry and liquid agricultural nutrients and agricultural inputs (nutrients, chemicals, seed and supplies).
Seasonality is present within our agribusiness operations. The spring planting (fertilizer, seed, crop protection products, and fuel) and fall harvest (fuel, grain receipts, and grain drying and storage) periods have the largest seasonal impact, directly impacting the quarterly operating results of Green Plains Grain. This seasonality generally results in higher revenues and stronger financial results during the second and fourth quarters while the financial results of the first and third quarters generally will reflect periods of lower activity.
To contact our Agribusiness Segment, email grain@gpreinc.com.
