About Agronomy Precision Ag Grain Feed Careers Lumber News Weather Locations Timeline 1919 First Board Meeting The Board of Okawville Farmer Elevator Company held its first Board Meeting and Directors were elected 1920 Construction for New Grain Elevator Construction began on a new 15,000 bushel grain elevator in Okawville 1920 Picnic for New Elevator A picnic was held to dedicate the new elevator in Okawville. This was the forerunner to the Annual Wheat Festival 1921 Various Additions Various additions were built at the coop as the business grew including a building for the seed cleaner and a grinder 1939 Ear Corn Crib Built An ear corn crib was built in Okawville 1941 New Feed Building A new feed building was built with a larger hammermill and mixer in Okawville 1941 First Patronage The Board declared its first patronage refund to members of $2,125 1947 Storage Bin Built A 25'x44' concrete storage bin was built in Okawville 1948 More Storage Bins Built 4 additional concrete storage bins were built in Okawville 1949 Warehouse Built A warehouse for flour was built south of the elevator in Okawville 1950 New Corn Sheller A new corn sheller was purchased 1955 Seed Cleaning Building The ear corn crib was converted to a seed cleaning building 1956 Steel Bin A steel bin was built in Okawville 1956 Stock Increase Capital stock was increased to $80,000 1960 New Corn Sheller A new corn sheller was installed 1964 Stock Increase Capital stock was increased to $100,000 1968 Bought Elevator The elevator in Addieville was bought from the Gaebe family 1972 Feed Grinding Building Damaged then Rebuilt The feed grinding building was damaged by fire and rebuilt 1974 Entered Liquid Fertilizer Business The coop entered the liquid fertilizer business with a partner, Swift Fertilizer Company 1975 New Bushel Bin A new 35,000 bushel bin was built in Addieville 1976 Purchased First Liquid Spray Truck The coop purchased its first liquid spray truck 1976 Silos Built 2 concrete silos were built in Okawville 1977 New Feed Warehouse A new feed warehouse was built in Okawville 1979 Entered NH3 Business The coop entered the NH3 business 1979 Went Into Liquid Fertilizer Business The partnership with Swift was ended and the coop went into the liquid fertilizer business on its own, supported by Farmland Industries 1981 Fiscal Year End Changed The fiscal year end was changed from December 31 to August 31 1981 Grain Facilities Destroyed In June the Addieville grain facilities were destroyed by fire 1981 Grain Facilities Rebuilt In September the grain facilities had been rebuilt 1984 New Dry Fertilizer Plant A new dry fertilizer plant was built in Okawville 1986 Office Enlarged The office was enlarged in Okawville 1986 Bookkeeping Update The bookkeeping system was converted to a computer based system 1987 Addition to Dry Fertilizer Plant An addition was constructed to the dry fertilizer plant 1988 Grain Bin A grain bin was constructed in Addieville 1989 HLM Grain Business Purchased The HLM Grain business in St Libory was purchased 1990 Lumber Business Purchased The Joellenbeck lumber business and property was purchased in Okawville 1992 Chemical Plant Built A new chemical plant was built in Okawville 1993 Rail Siding Expanded The rail siding was expanded in Okawville 2001 Bushel Bin Constructed A 300,000 bushel bin was constructed in Okawville 2005 TOP AG Cooperative Formed Okawville Farmers Elevator Company and Trenton Farmers Equity Exchange (including Pierron) merged forming TOP AG Cooperative 2006 Leased Lebanon Grain Leased Lebanon Grain from the Toberman family 2006 Bushel Bin Constructed A 750,000 bushel bin was constructed in Okawville 2010 Major Grain Expansion There was a major grain expansion in Okawville with a new leg dump and 2nd 750,000 bushel bin (Pit 3) 2011 Damage to Grain Storage then Rebuilt Severe wind damage was suffered to grain storage at both Pierron and Okawville and was rebuilt 2011 Grain Facilities Purchased Mascoutah grain facilities were purchased after having leased them for several years 2012 Severe Drought A severe drought covered most of the Midwest with our local area being some of the worst resulting in widespread near crop failure 2014 Rail Siding Expanded The rail siding was expanded to allow for loading 65 rail car trains 2014 Grain Dryer A new 3,000 bu/hr grain dryer was erected in Okawville 2015 New Bin and Dump Pit A new 500,000 bu bin and a 1,000 bu dump pit with a 15,000 bu/hr leg was erected in Trenton 2017 New Bin A new 400,000 bu bin was erected in Pierron 2017 2 New Bins and Pit Two new bins (500,000 bu and 235,000 bu) and at 1,100 bu pit with a 15,000 bu/hr leg was erected in St. Libory 2018 New Scale A new 14x70 scale was erected and purchased a house for a new office in St. Libory 2020 Propane & Agronomy facility purchased Terayne Ag Specialties of Venedy was acquired in January 2020. 2021 Feed & Seed Cleaning company acquired Wiechert Seed Co. of Nashville was acquired in May 2021. 2021 Grain facilities purchased Oberbeck Grain Company was purchased in July 2021. 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