NEW Cooperative Port of Blencoe, IA, ribbon-cutting. Photo from NEW Cooperative video.
Blencoe, IA — The NEW Cooperative Port of Blencoe is officially open for business.
On Wednesday, June 2, NEW Cooperative held a ribbon-cutting at the Port of Blencoe with guest speakers Gov. Kim Reynolds and Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig.
Located half-way between Council Bluffs and Sioux City, Iowa on the Missouri River, The Port of Blencoe will serve as a gateway to world markets.
This port is the farthest stop north on the Missouri River and will shift high-volume freight from the road to the waterway.
Barges began transporting grain and fertilizer to and from the port in early spring.
With the addition of this grain outlet growers in Western Iowa will get the first opportunity at the world market.
View pictures from the ribbon-cutting with this link: https://spark.adobe.com/video/vq7FWRgLkgVS9.