Activity returns to Brownton Cooperative building

Activity returns to Brownton Cooperative building

Jared Ellig (left), Tracy Ellig (middle) and Shawn Streich are getting Brownton’s empty grain elevator back up and running. Streich has rented grain elevator space for the last 20 years, so he’s excited to have more control with his own. He officially bought it July 9 and will be running it with his partner Tracy Ellig and her son Jared Ellig. They’ll be storing and drying corn and soybeans from their farm. The facility sat vacant for nearly four years.