United Prairie, LLC -
Tolono, Illinois - Apex
Our Tolono facility
is usually referred to as “Apex”. Apex was
the name given to the location back in the 50’s when it
served as a grain storage location for the CCC. Apex is located
about 1/2 mile West of Tolono, Illinois on Champaign County Road
700 North and is the center for many of United Prairie's operations.
United Prairie's central offices,
fertilizer distribution warehouse, anhydrous ammonia warehouse
facility, 28% nitrogen warehouse tanks, and a full service chemical
bay are located are all located at Apex.
See
Map & Get Directions Main Office Staff in Tolono
Ken
Bierman - General Manager
Dennis Bates -
Operations Manager
Russ Dukeman -
Sales Coordinator/Sales Agronomist/Certified Crop Advisor
Bill Harrison -
Controller
Matt VanOsdell -
Location Manager
Butch Bennet -
Sales Agronomist/Certified Crop Advisor
Dennis Butler -
Sales Agronomist/Certified Crop Advisor
Drew Mulvaney – Sales Agronomist/Operations
Aaron Grote - Technical Services
Representative/Certified Crop Advisor
Cindy Cain - Administrative Assistant
Beth Flach - Credit Manager
Jason Lane – Custom Applicator
Brian Walker – Custom Applicator
Main Office at Tolono
P.O. Box Q
949 County Road 700 N
Tolono, IL 61880
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Phone: 217-485-6000
Toll-free: 1-800-989-1922
Fax: 217-485- 3842 |
Along
with the office building at Apex, there is a maintenance shop,
in addition to insecticide and seed storage. It was constructed
in the early spring of 2003. In the spring of 2006, we added another
building which is leased to United Suppliers as warehouse space.
United Suppliers is a retail distributor of crop protection chemicals.
At our main office is Ken Bierman, the General Manager of United Prairie, LLC.
Ken oversees the entire company.
Dennis Bates who is the Operations
Manager for the entire company. Dennis has over 30 years of agriculture
experience with more than 25 of those years being dedicated to
United Prairie and its parent companies.
Russ Dukeman is the sales coordinator
along with being a Sales Agronomist for United Prairie. Russ oversees
the marketing and sales of the many products and services United
Prairie has to offer.
The main office is also home to
Aaron Grote who is our Technical Service Representative. He is
in charge of Variable Rate fertilizer equipment (VRT), GPS systems
and our crop scouting services. Aaron also serves our growers by
assisting them with their GPS systems, yield monitors and any other
technical assistance he can provide.
Bill Harrison is our controller
and has over 20 years of auditing experience in the agriculture
business.
Our sales staff at Tolono consists
of Butch Bennett and Dennis Butler. Each has over 20 years of agriculture
experience and are Certified Crop Advisors.
Cindy Cain is our Administrative Assistant, she answers questions you may have
on your accounts along with sending out monthly statements and keeping everything
in orderly fashion in the main office.
Beth
Flach is our credit manager and also helps out with some billing
responsibilities as well.
The Tolono location also has an
excellent crew of Custom Applicators. Besides operating our application
equipment Jason Lane, Darrin Duncan, Brian Walker, Quinton Thompson
and Drew Mulvaney help to perform the daily operations at our busy
Tolono location. Scott Dick is in charge of our equipment maintenance.
Feel free to contact any of our
associates if you have questions about our company and the products
and services that we have to offer.
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