Turon Mill and Elevator

What Turon Mill and Elevator does

Turon Mill and Elevator, Inc. is a privately-held grain elevator and mill headquartered in Turon, Kansas (ZIP 67583), founded in 1892 and operating with 1-10 employees. The company purchases grain — wheat, corn, milo (sorghum), and soybeans — directly from local and regional farmers and resells it into regional or export markets, capturing the basis spread between local cash bids and CME futures prices. In addition to merchandising, it offers grain storage services for farmers seeking to defer sales.

The company's customer-facing technology stack is built on the Barchart platform, which delivers cash bids (10-minute delayed), real-time and delayed futures pricing, market heat maps, charts, ag market commentary, USDA reports, local and NOAA weather data, and aggregated grain news. It also operates a mobile and email market alert system for registered users. Cash bids displayed online are delayed; live quotes require direct contact with the office during open trading hours (8:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Monday-Friday), with overnight orders placed in overnight markets. Named points of contact are Colten and Mike.

The business model is transaction-fee/usage-based: revenue is generated through the grain merchandising spread and storage fees, with pricing not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is direct-to-farmer via a single physical elevator location, supported by content marketing (market commentary, weather, news) and mobile alerts as retention channels. The customer base is exclusively SMB local farmers and agricultural producers in Kansas, with no enterprise or institutional counterparties disclosed.

Name

Turon Mill and Elevator

Legal name

Turon Mill & Elevator, Inc.

Website

https://turonmill.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1892

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Turon Mill and Elevator operates a single grain elevator in Turon, Kansas, purchasing wheat, corn, milo, and soybeans from local farmers. It earns revenue through merchandising spreads and storage fees, supported by a Barchart-powered website offering cash bids, market data, weather, and ag news.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Commodity Services

NAICS

Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers (424510), Farm Product Warehousing and Storage (493130)

SIC

Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150)

akta.pro primary industry

Country & Inland Grain Elevators (Receiving/Shipping) (AFAOAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Grain Merchandising & Origination Facilities (AFAOAAAD), Bulk Loadout Systems (Railcar/Truck/Vessel) (AFAOAAAH)

Keywords

• Grain elevator services
• Grain merchandising
• Cash grain bids
• Agricultural commodity trading
• Grain storage services

Headquarters

HQ city

Turon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Grain Trading and Merchandising: Purchasing grain from local farmers at basis prices and selling into regional or export markets at prevailing futures prices, capturing the spread as primary revenue.
2. Grain Storage Services: Storage services for farmers who choose to hold grain for later sale at potentially better prices.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Turon Mill and Elevator operates a grain elevator and mill that purchases wheat, corn, milo, and soybeans from local farmers at cash bids tied to futures markets. The company provides grain storage services, real-time and delayed market data, weather information, USDA news, and market commentary through a Barchart-powered website platform. Grain orders are accepted during open trading hours (8:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Monday-Friday), with overnight orders placed in overnight markets.

Product overview

Turon Mill & Elevator, Inc. operates as a grain elevator and mill providing agricultural commodity services. The company offers a unified platform of grain marketing services including cash bids for wheat, corn, milo, and soybeans, real-time market data, weather information, agricultural news, and market commentary. The core product offering is grain purchasing and storage services, supported by market data tools powered by Barchart.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Grain Purchasing and Merchandising

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BarchartcoreTechnology or IntegrationBarchart provides the market data platform powering the Turon Mill website, including real-time and delayed futures prices, cash bids, charts, market heat maps, news aggregation, and weather integration. The platform hosts and delivers all market data for the grain trading operations.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• ADM (Archer Daniels Midland): Major global grain originator and processor that purchases grain from country elevators. Comparable merchandising counterpart and competitor for farmer-direct origination.
• Scoular: U.S. grain merchandiser and country elevator operator with broad commodity handling. Comparable grain merchandising and storage business model.
• CHS Inc. Large U.S. agribusiness cooperative operating grain origination, storage, and merchandising at national scale. Comparable grain merchandising and country elevator economics at vastly greater scale.
• Cargill: Global agribusiness merchant that buys grain from country elevators like Turon Mill into its origination and processing network. Comparable as the downstream buyer of Turon Mill's merchandised grain.

Regional players

• Bartlett Grain: Midwest-based grain company operating country elevators and merchandising grain. Comparable elevator-based origination model; operates across a multi-state footprint that overlaps Kansas grain flows.

Others

• Barchart: Market data platform powering Turon Mill's cash bids, futures, and news features. Included as an ecosystem enabler whose technology Turon Mill has integrated to deliver digital services to farmers.

Direct peers

• Skyland Grain: Kansas-based grain cooperative operating country elevators across western Kansas. Directly comparable as a farmer-owned originator of wheat, corn, and sorghum in the same geography as Turon Mill.
• Team Marketing Alliance: Kansas-headquartered grain marketing alliance that originates grain from farmers and merchandises it into larger channels. Directly comparable to Turon Mill in business model (basis-based purchasing, farmer relationships, Kansas footprint).
• Garden City Co-op: Southwest Kansas grain and farm supply cooperative operating country elevators that originate wheat, corn, and milo. Directly comparable origination and storage business to Turon Mill.
• Mid Kansas Co-op (MKC): Kansas agricultural cooperative operating grain elevators alongside agronomy and fuel services. Comparable country elevator footprint and farmer origination model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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