United Prairie, LLC - Tolono, Illinois - Apex
Our
Tolono facility, which is called Apex, is located about 1/2 mile
West of Tolono, Illinois on Champaign County Road 700 North. Apex
is the center for many of United Prairie's operations.
Tolono (Apex) is where United Prairie's central offices, fertilizer
distribution warehouse, anhydrous ammonia warehouse facility, 28%
nitrogen warehouse tanks, and a full service chemical bay are located.
The main offices at Apex are home to several different individuals
who take care of many different aspects of the company.
Main Office Staff in Tolono
Ken Bierman - General
Manager
Dennis Bates - Operations Manager
Russ Dukeman - Sales Coordinator/Sales Agronomist/Certified
Crop Advisor
Matt VanOsdell - Location Manager
Butch Bennet - Sales Agronomist/Certified Crop
Advisor
Dennis Butler - Sales Agronomist/Certified Crop
Advisor
Aaron Grote - Technical Services Representative/Certified
Crop Advisor
Sandy Carley - Safety and Regulatory Coordinator
Cindy Cain - Administrative Assistant
Kathy Meyer - Accounts Payable Clerk
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 which consists of 4 locations,
Tolono (Apex), Ivesdale, Pierson and White Heath. Ken then reports
monthly to our board of directors on the status and profitability
of the company. Along with Ken, there is Dennis Bates who is the
Operations Manager for the entire company. Dennis has over 30 years
of agriculture experience with 23 of those years being dedicated
to United Prairie and its parent companies. Russ Dukeman is also
at Tolono, he is the sales coordinator along with being a Sales
Agronomist for United Prairie. Russ also oversees the marketing
and sales of many products and services United Prairie has to offer. Matt VanOsdell started in 2008 as our Location Manager.
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.
Our sales staff at Tolono consists of Butch Bennett and Dennis
Butler. Butch has over 20 years of agriculture experience along
with being an Agronomist and Certified Crop Advisor. Dennis Butler
who is also an Agronomist and Certified Crop Advisor has over 20
years of experience with seed and chemical research.
At Apex, you will also find Sandy Carley our Safety & Regulatory
Coordinator. Sandy has been with the company for over 11 years.
She is our primary contact to handle all aspects of the companies
dealings with any regulatory agencies on the State and Federal
level.
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. Kathy Meyer who is our Accounts Payable Clerk,
does a great job of keeping everything paid in a timely manner.
The Tolono location also has an excellent crew of
Custom Applicators. Besides operating our application equipment
Jason Lane, Darrin Duncan, Scott Dick, and Drew Mulvaney help to
perform the daily operations at our busy Tolono location. Darrin
has been working for United Prairie for over 10 years.
Along with being a Custom Applicator Scott Dick works as our Maintenance
man. Drew is a new addition to the location and comes to us with
a degree in Ag Business Management.
Tolono has also hired two employees as Truck Drivers. These two
gentlemen are Eugene Paeth and Stan Wright. These guys keep the
semi's rolling to help move warehouse product. Last but not least
is Brian Walker, he is our location managers right hand man and
keeps everything rolling behind the scenes.
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.
The Apex facility also servers as a fertilizer distribution facility
for the other United Prairie facilities, as well as a fertilizer
warehouse for Mosaic. Our versatile Tolono location has allowed
us to receive many of our fertilizers by rail, and become a major
warehouse facility for Mosaic due to our rail access.
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