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Organic Field Crop Production and Marketing in North Carolina

     
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Buyers of North Carolina Organic Grains

Below is a list of buyers that have expressed interest in buying North Carolina organic grain. This is not a comprehensive list of all organic grain buyers and there may be other companies that will buy NC organic grain that are not on this list. See Marketing Web Resources for links to other organic grain buyers in the country.

Note: Contact multiple companies when selling your grain to find the best prices (after freight costs). Don't be afraid to contact the larger and out-of-state buyers!

List compiled by Molly Hamilton, Extension Assistant, NCSU.

 

North Carolina

Braswell Milling, Nashville, NC

Contact: Russ Powell or Jackie Bunch, 252-459-2143

Buys organic #2 corn and soybean meal. Paid on delivered basis.

 

East Carolina Soy Processors, LLC, Scranton, NC

Contact: Buster Manning, President, 252-943- 9039

Buys organic feed-grade soybeans

 

Lindley Mills, Graham, NC

Contact: Joe Lindley, 336-376-6190

Buys organic soft and hard red wheat for milling purposes, some rye and corn.

 

Organic Valley

Contact: George Teague (organic dairy farmer), 336-684-4883

Website: organicvalley.coop

Buys organic corn, small grains for organic dairy farms in North Carolina.

 

R. W. Garcia, Lincolnton, NC

Contact: Greg, 828-428-0115 (email: gregh@rwgarcia.com)

Buys non-GMO and organic yellow, white, and blue corn for processing for tortilla chips.

 

Bay State Milling Company, Mooresville, NC

Contact: Mark Drangstveit, Director of Grain Operations, 612-332-0555 or 763-486-7210

Buys organic soft red wheat.

 

South Carolina

Anson Mills, Columbia, SC

Contact: Glenn Roberts (Sales@AnsonMills.com), 803-467-4122

Website: www.ansonmills.com

Buys heirloom, open-pollinated varieties of corn, wheat, and rice from stocked seed. Call for more details on their program for growing for seed or production.

 

Emile DeFelice, CawCaw Creek Pastured Pork, St. Matthews, SC

Contact: Emile DeFelice, 803-917-0794

Website: www.cawcawcreek.com

Buys organic corn, soybeans and small grains for private hog production operation.

 

Virginia

Countryside Natural Products, Fisherville, VA

Contact: Reid Putney (countrysidenatural@adelphia.net), 888-699-7088

Website: www.countrysidenatural.com

Buys organic corn, oats, wheat (high protein), soybeans, and field peas for livestock feed. Payment when delivered.

 

Pennsylvania

Kreamer Feed and Nature’s Best, Kreamer, PA

Contact: Lois Gehers (Lois.Gehers@kreamerfeed.com), 570-374-8148

Website: www.organicfeeds.com

Buys organic corn, roasted soybeans, wheat, barley, and oats. Pays on delivered basis.

 

McGeary Grain, Inc., Lancaster, PA

Contact: Dave Poorbaugh (sales@mcgearygrain.com), 800-624-3279

Website: www.mcgearyorganics.com

Buys organic corn, soybeans, oats and barley primarily for livestock feed. Can arrange freight from NC.

 

Organic Unlimited, Inc., Atglen, PA

Contact: Ken Rice, 610-593-2995

Website: www.organicunlimited.com

Buys organic corn, soybeans, wheat, barley, oats, flax, and milo.

 

New York

Lakeview Organic Grain, Penn Yan, NY

Contact: Klass and Mary-Howell Martens, 315-531-1038

Buys organic corn, soybeans, soybean meal, field peas, barley, oats, wheat, sunflower meal, and triticale for livestock feed. Pays on clean, dry, delivered basis.

 

Birkett Mills , Penn Yan, NY

Contact: 315-536-3311

Website: www.thebirkettmills.com

Buys organic buckwheat on contract basis.

 

Soy Natural, Inc
Empire State Building
350 Fifth Ave, Suite 3122
New York, NY 10118
Contact: Chris Gratto

Telephone: 315-323-7900
Fax: 530-323-7906
Email: Chris.Gratto@SoyaNatural.com
We
bsite: www.SoyaNatural.com

Buys feed grade organic soybeans.

 

Other States

Sunrich, a SunOpta Company, Hope, MN

Contact: Rhonda Roggenbuck (rhondar@sunrich.com)

Telephone: 800-342-6976 or 810-672-9001(MI office)

Website: www.sunrich.com

Buys non-gmo/ip soybeans, waxy corn, non-gmo corn, organic soybeans, organic corn, organic barley, organic millet, organic sunflowers, organic feed grade products.

 

Clarkson Grain, Cerro Gordo, IL

Contact: 800-252-1638 (Email: cgci@one-eleven.net)

Website: www.clarksongrain.com

Buys organic grains.

 

American Health and Nutrition, Ann Arbor, MI

Contact: 734-677-5570 (Email: ahn@organictrading.com)

Broker of organic grains.

 

Bushman Organic Marketing Corp., Decorah, Iowa

Contact: Duane Bushman, 563-382-4480

Buys organic sunflower seed and soybeans (oilseed).

 

Scoular Company, Omaha, NE

Telephone: 402-342-3500; Fax: 402-342-5568

Buys organic grain crops

 

West Plains Company, Omaha, NE 

Specialty Grains Division

Contact: Mike Pratt and Erin Berryman

Telephone: 877-558-0797 / Fax  402-829-5170

GOA NOP - NGFA Member

Buys organic soybeans, organic corn, organic barley, organic spelt, organic millet, organic wheat, organic oats, organic rye, organic triticale, organic feed grade products, and organic edible beans.

Also, Non-GMO / IP soybeans and Non-GMO corn.

 

 

 

 

 

     

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