The delong CO. INC. Delong has spent 35 years working in the organic market building and maintaining relationships with producers transportation companies and end users

Delong aims to revolutionize the consumption of domestically grown organic grains and livestock feed. The project provides direct access to the union pacific railroad and the belt railway company of chicago which offer seamless connectivity to all class 1 railroads in the U.S. Through critical investments in infrastructure equipment and transportation capabilities the project aims to address the barriers of limited storage capacity inadequate quality control measures segregation challenges traceability and transportation constraints while stimulating increased demand for organic products within the U.S. This project is expected to create over 36 million pounds of organic corn demand by increasing current storage capacity by 140000 bushels implementing proper equipment to segregate organic corn from conventional corn and adding railcars throughout the threeyear project duration. The project seeks to create positive impacts for organic grain producers within delongs customer base. Delong has purchased organic grain from 697 producers in wisconsin and illinois 70 of whom are small producers with less than 300 acres of land. Providing producers with increased benefits is of the utmost importance to delong. Ultimately delong hopes to share these project findings and successes with existing and future producers to both eliminate entry barriers and provide a net increase in domestic consumption of organic grain.