CGB Enterprises

What CGB Enterprises does

CGB Enterprises is a privately held diversified agricultural supply chain company headquartered in Covington, Louisiana, operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zen-Noh Grain Corporation — the US subsidiary of Japan's National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations (Zen-Noh). Founded in 1969 as Consolidated Grain and Barge Co., the company has grown from approximately 30 grain elevators to over 100 facilities across the Midwest, providing an integrated multi-modal agricultural supply chain that connects America's heartland farmers with global markets. Core operations span grain origination, storage, and marketing through Consolidated Grain and Barge Co.; soybean processing at Mount Vernon, Indiana (140,000+ bushels/day) and the North Dakota Soybean Processors joint venture in Casselton, ND (42.5 million bushels/year); barge fleeting and marine repair services through CGB Marine, CGB Waterfront Services, and Cooper Consolidated; over-the-road trucking via River Bend Transport and Agforce Transport Services; and agricultural lending through AgriFinancial.\n\nThe company's product portfolio includes commodity merchandising, feed ingredient export, container shipping for identity-preserved grains, specialty operations such as food-grade soybean trading to Japan, organic grain handling, and specialty dry corn milling (Prairie Mills, acquired 2025). Technology infrastructure includes the Roger digital bulk freight platform — co-founded with charter members Cargill, The Andersons, Koch Fertilizer, and The Scoular Company, having completed over 150,000 loads across 45+ commodities — and the CargoDocs digital barge document system processing 70,000-100,000 bills of lading annually. Cooper Consolidated operates North America's largest E-Crane bulk cranes (Pelican and Creole King) with 52-ton lift capacity. Customer segments include farmers and agricultural producers (primary), food and beverage companies, livestock and poultry operations, grain trading firms, and international export markets with Japan as a key destination through the ZGC Convent, LA Mississippi River export elevator.\n\nRevenue is generated primarily through transaction-based fees on grain origination, commodity trading, soybean crushing, and transportation/logistics services, supplemented by managed services from AgriFinancial lending. Pricing is quote-based and tailored to individual customer requirements, with no standardized public pricing. The company serves both distributed long-tail farmer relationships (through the 100+ elevator network) and concentrated enterprise customers in food processing, international export, and renewable fuel production. Operations span 127 locations across the US with strategic waterway access on the Mississippi, Ohio, and Illinois River systems, positioning CGB as a vertically integrated agricultural commodity platform.

Name

CGB Enterprises

Legal name

CGB Enterprises, Inc.

Website

https://cgb.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

CGB Enterprises is a privately held diversified agricultural supply chain company operating over 100 grain facilities across the Midwest, providing integrated grain origination, soybean processing, barge fleeting, trucking, logistics, and agri-financial services to farmers, food manufacturers, and global export markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Commodities and Logistics

NAICS

Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers (424510), Farm Product Warehousing and Storage (493130), Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers (424590)

SIC

Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150), Agricultural Services (700), Grain Mill Products (2040)

akta.pro primary industry

Rail-Served Bulk Grain Terminals & Transload Warehouses (AFAOACAD)

Keywords

• Grain origination
• Soybean processing
• Barge fleeting services
• Agricultural transportation logistics
• Feed ingredient merchandising

Headquarters

HQ city

Covington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Grain Marketing and Storage: Operating over 100 grain facilities across the Midwest for buying, storing, selling and shipping of crops including corn, soybeans, sorghum, and wheat
2. Soybean Processing: Crushing soybeans into soybean oil, soybean meal and hulls. Includes Mt. Vernon, IN facility (140,000+ bushels/day capacity) and joint venture North Dakota Soybean Processors (42.5 million bushels/year)
3. Terminals & Logistics (CTLC): Transportation and logistics services including barge fleeting, trucking, and freight brokerage through multiple subsidiaries
4. AgriFinancial Services: Agricultural lending including farm real estate loans, lines of credit, equipment leasing, and building loans for agricultural operations
5. Barge Fleeting and Marine Services: 24-hour fleeting and switching services plus full complement of repair services including dry-docking, barge cleaning, steel fabrication, and towboat repairs
6. Trucking and Transportation Brokerage: Third-party logistics services through Agforce Transport Services offering multi-modal transportation with customized solutions
7. Feed Ingredients Export: Multi-modal transportation and merchandising of feed ingredients to feed manufacturers and end-users worldwide
8. Container Shipping: Transporting smaller grain lots with container shipping for product differentiation, traceability, and faster speed to market
9. Food-Grade Soybean Trading: Trading, shipping and selling specialty food soybeans via container to Japan and domestically for processing and resale to Japanese food manufacturers (tofu, miso, natto)

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CGB Enterprises operates an integrated multi-modal agricultural supply chain that originates, stores, processes, transports, finances, and exports grain and related commodities. Through its network of over 100 grain facilities across the Midwest plus soybean processing plants, river terminals, barge fleeting operations, trucking fleets, container shipping services, and agricultural lending, CGB connects U.S. farmers and farmer-producers to global end markets for grains, oilseeds, and feed ingredients.

Product overview

CGB Enterprises is a diversified agricultural company operating a family of businesses across the grain, logistics, and processing sectors. The company's core operations are organized as follows: Consolidated Grain and Barge Co. (CGB) serves as the primary subsidiary managing over 100 grain facilities across the Midwest for grain origination, storage, and marketing. Soybean Processing operates crushing facilities in Mount Vernon, IN and the North Dakota Soybean Processors joint venture in Casselton, ND. Terminals & Logistics (CTLC) provides river terminals and logistics solutions on inland waterways, while CGB Marine handles barge fleeting and repair operations. Over-the-Road Trucking (River Bend Transport and Agforce Transport Services) offers trucking and freight brokerage. AgriFinancial provides agricultural lending services. Feed Ingredients handles feed commodity merchandising and exports. Container Shipping offers containerized grain transport with traceability. Additional operations include Prairie Mills (specialty corn milling), CGB Organic Grains, and food-grade soybean businesses. Cooper Consolidated provides stevedoring services on the Mississippi River. The company also operates CGB Waterfront Services for marine repairs. The portfolio is interconnected through shared logistics infrastructure (barges, trucks, rail), agricultural financing (AgriFinancial), and risk management services, enabling CGB to provide a comprehensive farm-to-export supply chain.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CGB Grain: Grain marketing and origination operations
• CGB Soybean Processing
• CTLC
• River Bend Transport
• CGB Container Shipping
• CGB Marine
• Prairie Mills
• Cooper Consolidated

Products and services

• Grain Marketing CGB's core grain origination, storage, and marketing operations across over 100 grain facilities in the Midwest, buying, storing, selling, and shipping crops including corn, soybeans, sorghum, and wheat for farmers.
• Soybean Processing Soybean crushing and processing operations producing soybean oil, soybean meal, and hulls at facilities in Mount Vernon, Indiana (140,000+ bushels/day capacity) and the North Dakota Soybean Processors joint venture facility in Casselton, ND (42.5 million bushels/year capacity).
• Terminals & Logistics (CTLC) Consolidated Terminals and Logistics Company providing river terminals, logistics solutions, and transportation services across the inland waterways system for shippers and carriers.
• Over-the-Road Trucking Trucking services through River Bend Transport (and Agforce Transport Services) providing multi-modal transportation across rail, truck, and barge networks, including freight brokerage.
• Feed Ingredients Feed ingredient merchandising and export services providing multi-modal transportation and global marketplace access for feed manufacturers and end-users worldwide.
• AgriFinancial Agricultural lending services offering farm real estate loans, lines of credit, equipment leasing, and commercial building loans tailored for farmers and agricultural operations.
• Container Shipping Container shipping service for smaller grain lots providing product differentiation, origin traceability, and protection of product integrity for export and domestic customers.
• CGB Marine / Barge Fleeting Barge fleeting operations, dry-docking, barge cleaning, steel fabrication, and repair services at multiple ports on the inland waterways system.
• Agforce Transport Services Third-party logistics provider offering multi-modal consolidation services and freight transportation for wine, beer, spirits, and agribusiness industries, headquartered in Leawood, KS with a consolidation warehouse in Louisville, KY.
• North Dakota Soybean Processors (NDSP) Joint venture soybean crushing plant in Casselton, ND processing up to 42.5 million bushels of soybeans annually into soybean oil, meal, and hull pellets, jointly owned by CGB Enterprises and Minnesota Soybean Processors.
• Prairie Mills Specialty dry corn milling operation in Rochester, IN producing made-to-order grit formulations for food and ingredient markets; integrated as part of Consolidated Grain and Barge Co. in 2025.
• Cooper Consolidated Bulk Stevedoring Bulk stevedoring, barge, marine, and logistics company operating in ports of New Orleans, Baton Rouge, South Louisiana, and Plaquemines along the Lower Mississippi River, including North America's largest E-Crane bulk cranes (Pelican and Creole King).
• CGB Organic Grains Organic-specific grain and oilseed business handling USDA National Organic Program certified crops at facilities in Gladstone and Naples, Illinois, providing producers with an efficient and reliable option to market organic crops.
• Food-Grade Soybean Business Specialty food soybean trading, shipping, and selling via container to Japan and domestically for processing into tofu, miso, and natto, acquired from Quality Technology International, Inc. in 2019.
• CGB Waterfront Services Drydocking, tank barge cleaning, hull repairs, dry cargo barge cleaning, floating crane service, and topside barge repairs operating in Cairo, IL and Cape Girardeau, MO, with capacity for 50 to 100 additional drydocks per year.

Quantifiable outcome

• Expanded from 30 to over 100 grain facilities under leadership tenure
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• Ports of IndianamajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Long-standing relationship for port expansion at Mount Vernon, IN. Significant facility expansion reflecting shared commitment to growing agriculture and trade along the Ohio River.
• State of IndianamajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026State, local, and congressional support for Indiana port expansion project for southwest Indiana and U.S. agriculture
• E-CranemajorTechnology or Integration · 1 February 2025E-Crane built North America's largest bulk cranes for Cooper Consolidated including 'Pelican' and 'Creole King' at 4000C Series with 52-ton lift capacity
• Indigo AgcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2023Market+ Source sustainable crop program where Indigo Ag uses proprietary MRV capabilities to help CGB quantify emissions factor for sustainably grown crops purchased from farmers. Crops purchased at premium for food, beverage, and renewable fuel customers.
• Minnesota Soybean Processors (MnSP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2023Joint venture North Dakota Soybean Processors, LLC for soybean crushing plant near Casselton, ND. MnSP is 2,300 member cooperative with existing facility in Brewster, MN.
• Agforce Transport ServicescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 17 November 2022CGB acquired Agspring Logistics business assets including Agforce Transport Services. Founded 2015, nationwide multi-modal logistics provider headquartered in Leawood, KS.
• Zen-Noh Grain CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 August 2020ZGC acquisition of 35 operating U.S. grain origination elevators from Bunge North America, with CGB operating through Consolidated Grain and Barge Co.
• Viserion Grain, LLCminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2020Viserion acquired 11 grain facilities as divestiture required by DOJ for ZGC's Bunge acquisition. Includes Caruthersville MO, Cottonwood Point MO, Savanna IL facilities.
• Roger LLCcoreTechnology or Integration · 28 April 2020Roger provides digital tools for dry bulk truck freight industry. CGB is charter member and investor. Roger developed with feedback from 500+ trucking companies and major shippers.
• Zen-Noh Grain CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 April 2020Zen-Noh Grain Corporation is the US Subsidiary of National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations of Japan (Zen-Noh). CGB operates acquired facilities through its subsidiary Consolidated Grain and Barge Co. ZGC exports corn, soybeans, sorghum, wheat from Convent, LA to Japan and global markets.
• essDOCScoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2020NGFA-member group including CGB selected essDOCS CargoDocs solution for nationwide digital barge document platform to digitize 70,000-100,000 negotiable barge Bills of Lading annually
• National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020NGFA-member consortium directing and funding CargoDocs digital barge documentation project including Bunge, Cargill, ADM, CGB, CHS, Gavilon, Louis Dreyfus, ZGC, ACBL, Ingram Marine

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cargill: Cargill is a global grain originator, processor, and trader that competes with CGB across origination, soybean processing, and inland waterway logistics. It is also a Roger platform customer and NGFA CargoDocs consortium member alongside CGB.
• Archer Daniels Midland (ADM): ADM operates a global grain origination, transportation, and processing network that directly overlaps with CGB's elevator, soybean crush, and barge logistics businesses. It is also a Roger customer and CargoDocs consortium peer.
• Louis Dreyfus Company: Louis Dreyfus is a global commodities merchant that overlaps with CGB in grain origination, soybean processing, and barge shipping. It is also a CargoDocs consortium peer.

Direct peers

• Bunge: Bunge is a global agribusiness with overlapping grain origination, soybean processing, and export elevator operations. CGB acquired 35 Bunge grain elevators via Zen-Noh in 2021 and is a CargoDocs consortium peer.
• CHS Inc. CHS is the largest US agricultural cooperative and a direct peer in grain origination, soybean processing, inland waterway logistics, and farm financing. CHS is also a CargoDocs consortium member alongside CGB.
• The Andersons: The Andersons is a US grain elevator, storage, and merchandising peer that competes directly with CGB in Midwest origination and is also a Roger platform customer.
• The Scoular Company: Scoular is a US grain, feed ingredient, and logistics peer with overlapping origination, commodity merchandising, and export capabilities. It is also a Roger platform customer.
• Perdue AgriBusiness: Perdue AgriBusiness is a US grain originator, processor, and merchandiser with overlapping elevator, soybean processing, and export operations, especially on Eastern seaboard and inland waterway corridors.

Emerging players

• Viserion Grain: Viserion acquired 11 grain facilities divested by CGB/Zen-Noh in the Bunge deal. It is a direct competitor in Midwest grain origination but operates at smaller scale than CGB.

Others

• Zen-Noh Grain Corporation (ZGC): ZGC is CGB's parent and operates the Convent, LA export elevator that CGB services. It is both the controlling shareholder and a customer/operating partner in export logistics, making it a uniquely adjacent peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments3 records

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