Illinois Locations
Ivesdale
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Apr 4, 2004, 14:00

The United Prairie Ivesdale facility is located in Ivesdale, Illinois. This facility is on the South side of Champaign County Highway 17, which becomes Johnson Street when you enter the town. The Ivesdale location actually shares office space and property with Grand Prairie COOP Inc., one of United Prairie's parent companies.

 At Ivesdale we have over 12,000 sq.ft. fo see storage that houses several brands of seed that our company sells.  At our seed warehouse you will find our Seed Specialist Todd Shunk.  Todd has over 20 years of seed sales experience and has worked for reputable seed companies.  Along with Todd you will find Matt Stoerger.  Matt is a Seed Salesmen and also assists Todd in all of the distribution & internal reporting of the seed division.  Matt has several years of experience as a local seed dealer. 

At Ivesdale there are two full service chemical bays, the United Prairie seed warehouse, a small fertilizer storage/blending facility, and anhydrous ammonia storage tanks with risers. The anhydrous ammonia risers are not located in town, but are 1/2 mile East of Ivesdale on Champaign County Highway 17.

The Ivesdale facility also has an experienced staff that is ready to serve area growers any way they can. Joe Haugen serves as Ivesdales Plant Manager along with being a Sales Agronomist/Certified Crop Advisor.  Along with Joe is Matt Warnes who also serves as a Sales Agronomist/Certified Crop Advisor.  At Ivesdale we have 3 well trained Custom Applicators.  One of our veteran operators Mike Lietz, has over 20 years of experience as a Custom Applicator.  Another one of our operators is Brian Jackson.  He has experience inside the chemical bay along with being a Custom Applicator.  Our final Ivesdale employee is Chuck Zech, he is another one of our well trained Custom Applicators.  When not in a machine Brian and Chuck keep everything in working order around the Ivesdale location along with hauling product out to the field.