New oat facility completed in Yankton, S.D.

Jager Robinson
Feb 4, 2019
Feb 4, 2019 Updated Feb 4, 2019

Yaggies facility — Yaggie’s new 10-acre lot is home to its multi-million dollar oat processing plant, competed in January. This facility will house all new equipment designed to make oat processing safer and faster, while providing room for expansion in the future.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Jager Robinson

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From an elevator to an oat processing plant, Yaggies Inc. in Yankton, South Dakota, has seen a lot of change since the late 1960s.

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Yaggies equipment — A single pipe missing from one of many new pieces of Codema equipment inside Yaggie’s new Oat Processing Plant in Yankton, S.D. Codema was the main supplier of equipment.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Jager Robinson

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Yaggies outdoor — A new shoot outside of Yaggie’s new Oat Processing Plant in Yankton, S.D. This is one of several hundred new pieces of equipment being placed on the 10-acre lot on the edge of town.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Jager Robinson

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Reach Reporter Jager Robinson at 605-335-7300, email jager.robinson@lee.net or follow on Twitter @Jager_Robinson.