EGT to build three high-capacity shuttle train loader grain elevators

By MARTY MULL The Prairie Star
Sep 7, 2011
Sep 7, 2011

High speed wheat transport — More modern shuttle grain elevators, like this one in Pompeys Pillar, Mont., are being built with expected worldwide wheat demand.

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By MARTY MULL The Prairie Star

GREAT FALLS, Mont. – Montana is the third largest wheat producer in the nation inching closer behind North Dakota and Kansas.

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