Kentucky Specialty Grains will need soybeans

Kentucky Specialty Grains (KSG) is a farmer owned company formed to explore
the feasibility of soybean production, processing and marketing initiatives. Its
goal is to add economic and business value for agricultural producers and the
rural economy of West Kentucky.

Kentucky Specialty Grains will contract
with farmer-owners in a cooperative type arrangement to plant approximately
40,000 acres of specialty oil soybeans. Based on historical yields, this will
produce an average of 1.8 million bushels of specialty oil
soybeans annually. The planned facility will process as much as 150
tons of soybeans per day; a daily equivalent of 5,000 bushels. The plant will
use extrusion
technology to produce non-solvent extracted non-transfat
oil for the food industry.

Approximately 12.0 million pounds
(5,360 tonnes) of specialty soybean oil will be produced per year. Also, 37.500
tonnes of high-bypass meal will be produced for consumption as livestock feed
and pet food.

Premium price for farmers
The
non-transfat oil and the high-bypass meal both sell at a premium price to
commodity grade soybean oil and meal. This additional product value and the
value added by the processing will be returned to the farmers through a premium
price for their soybean and a patronage dividend from the operating profit of
the company. This combination is projected to be 60 to 75 cents per bushel per
year over the first five years or approximately $1.3M per year.