Producer Ag LLC, a joint venture between CHS and Team Marketing Alliance, opened in May 2017. This rail loading terminal is located at Milan, KS, with 2.7 million bushels of upright slipform concrete storage at right and a 4.5-million-bushel flat storage building. The terminal is under the operation of MKC. The terminal accepts canola, wheat, corn, soybeans and milo. To maximize grain volume, especially during the busiest times like wheat harvest and fall crop harvest, Producer Ag routes incoming and outcoming trucks into two lanes of traffic, with equipment to match. Trucks are sampled with a pair of side-by-side probes, and processed using RFID tag readers for truck identification. An entire team is at the location to set-up accounts, sell grain, dump trucks and more. For all of your grain delivery needs in the Sumner County area, contact the Sumner County Terminal at (620) 399-7060.
Grain Producer Ag LLC, a joint venture between CHS and Team Marketing Alliance, opened in May 2017. This rail loading terminal is located at Milan, KS, with 2.7 million bushels of upright slipform concrete storage at right and a 4.5-million-bushel flat storage building. The terminal is under the operation of MKC. The terminal accepts canola, wheat, corn and soybeans. Energy MKC operates one of the top professional energy departments in the state of Kansas and is dedicated to the success of our customers' operations. Our energy consultants have the expertise and experience to recommend and provide top quality products for the intended application of our customer. Risk Management We believe in helping producers manage their risk by combining educated crop insurance decisions with customized grain marketing strategies. In order to manage risk in the constantly changing market, field marketers must look at each and every farm individually to create a profitable risk management plan personalized to each producer.
Lawson Hemberger joined the Sumner County Terminal location in August, 2016. Originally from Argonia, Lawson learned about the new location as it is close to his hometown. Lawson received a bachelor’s degree in agribusiness from Kansas State University and worked in the grain industry prior to joining MKC. Lawson is involved in the community as he serves on the K-State extension board and the Cowley County ag board. In his free time, Lawson enjoys hunting, spending time with family (he has five brothers and five sisters!) and hanging with friends. "MKC is the company that customers call because our team is reliable, trustworthy and honest," Hemberger says. "Our assets are safe, reliable and ready for business. Employees are trained and kept up to speed with the every changing environment that we work in. MKC is forward thinking and prepared for the challenges that the future holds."
Jeff Jones serves as the director of eastern operations for MKC. Prior to this role, he served as a senior location manager since October 2011. A graduate of Friends University, Jeff received a bachelor’s degree in organizational management and leadership. Before joining MKC, Jeff was the senior operations manager at Trugreen for 15 years. He is currently the President of the GEAPS International Board of Directors and was the past president of the Great Plains chapter of GEAPS and a past board member of the Hutchinson Community College Agriculture Advisory Board. During his free time, Jeff enjoys to bird hunting, playing golf and traveling with his wife, Nicole. “MKC provides value to the growers through intense passion and focus on customer service,” Jones says. “Our tagline of “Shared Growth. Shared Success.” is what we live by. We understand our partnership flourishes as all partners succeed. I enjoy being a vital solution to the success of our growers.”
Chris Chandler joined MKC in September 2015 and serves the producers in the southwest Reno, Kingman and Sumner County areas as a strategic account manager. He is originally from Great Bend and attended Kansas State University where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in agronomy. Before becoming a strategic account manager, he worked as a certified energy specialist for MKC and CHS. Chris and his wife currently reside in west Wichita with their three children.
Willie Swartz was born and raised on a family farm in south central Kansas, where is passion for agriculture began at a young age. His family grew corn, wheat, canola, and milo, and operated a cow/calf operation. Willie attended Kansas State University and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business in 2007 and started his career with MKC. He has been with MKC for more than ten years holding multiple different positions thru sales and management. Willie currently is a partnered master agronomy advisor with MKC and Winfield United serving the southern areas of MKC’s footprint. His goal for his current position is to work with strategic growers who currently are not using the cooperative system and bring the value proposition of MKC and Winfield United to the farm gate. He is a certified crop advisor and currently resides in Cheney with his wife Carrie and their four children.
Brandi Bailey first joined MKC in 1999 working in the agronomy field followed by a transition into the energy department in 2004. Currently, Brandi is serving as the energy consultant for the southwest territory. She received a bachelor's degree from Kansas State University in agriculture crop production. Brandi and her two daughters reside in the Maize area.
We believe the leadership programs available through 4-H further develop the leadership skills of today’s youth – those same youth who will some day be the future leaders of our communities. To help strengthen these programs, MKC donated to 18 county 4-H leadership development programs this past year including $1,500 to the Sumner County 4-H Leadership Development Fund.