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Schaller
Corporate Office
5057 Highway 3 West, Cherokee, IA 51012 Phone 712-225-5400 • Toll Free 877-753-5400 • Fax 712-225-5493 | The Schaller branch of First Cooperative Association had five different elevator companies before Farmers Grain Company took over in 1930. In the fall of 1963, the directors of the Farmers Grain Company made it known that their interests in the elevator were for sale. Several meetings were held to discuss the possibilities of starting a coop elevator. In March of 1964, the former Farmers Grain Company became known as the Schaller Coop Elevator. Agland Coop came about in June of 1974, when the Schaller Coop Elevator and the Alta Elevator merged.
The cement elevator was built in 1907, and had a storage capacity of 42,000 bushels in sixteen different bins. It was the largest elevator along this railroad at that time. The railroad was abandoned in 1975.
The feedmill at Schaller was built in 1966, with the capacity of 80 tons a day. The NH3 bulk tank, with a 40 ton capacity, was added in 1987. In 1965, the Chicago dryer was put in and the Kan-Sun dryer was added in 1970. Both have a drying capacity of 500 bushels per hour. A 5,000 bushel leg, 10,000 bushel bin and a 35,000 bushel bin were built in 1978. A 50,000 bushel bin was built in 1980, a 100,000 bushel bin was built in 1985, and a 100,000 bushel bin was built in 1993. A 300,000 bushel bin and a 10,000 bushel leg were built in 1997. Total Schaller grain capacity is 647,000 bushels.
In August of 1998, a building, 30 ft. by 80 ft. was moved from Larrabee to Schaller. The East half is heated for chemicals and shop, and the West half is used for a warehouse.
Terry Miller
Branch Manager
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