Scoular announced that it acquired grain and feed facilities in Florida to better serve its customers in the region. The purchase includes feed ingredient and grain handling facilities, storage space and a feed mill.

Scoular announced the acquisition of two facilities in northern Florida to in an attempt to provide punctual delivery to the grain and livestock producers in the Southeastern United States. Scoular purchased the assets of Columbia Grain & Ingredients in Lake City and Live Oak, Florida. The purchase provides the 130-year-old company with anchor locations in the region and includes feed ingredient and grain handling facilities, storage space and a feed mill.

The facilities will provide upright storage space of close to 600,000 bushels and flat storage of over 10,000 tons, which will be used primarily to handle corn, bulk ingredients and micro ingredients. The facilities are capable of loading and unloading trucks, as well as railcars, with the Lake City site able to handle 135 rail cars.

The facilities will enable Scoular to provide just-in-time delivery and strengthen its existing grain and ingredient businesses in the Southeast. The purchase, which also will enable Scoular to add micro-ingredient blending to its services in the region, will include Columbia’s transportation fleet and team.

“This transaction is critical to better serving our feed and grain customers in the region,” said Eric Perry, Vice President and General Manager in Scoular’s Feed Division.