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Farmers fear losses as Meade County elevator prepares to close

Dec 04, 2019 at 04:17 PM CST

Semis march into the Consolidated Grain and Barge Company elevator all day. "It'll be a big deal if we lose it”, said farmer, Andrew Edge. Kentucky officials and farmers say that CGB announced they will close the Brandenburg elevator on January 31st. CGB officials did not return our request for comment. Nucor Steel purchased the property for its $1.3Billion development that will bring hundreds of jobs.