Pacific Ag of Hermiston has purchased Ellensburg, Wash.-based Calagri, a residue and hay harvesting company that specializes in forage and crop residue services, both of which are critical to the biomass industry.
Calagri was founded in 1987. It hosts harvesting, crop management and transportation operations in Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
According to a story in the Portland Business Journal, Pacific Ag will manage the harvest and logistics of more than 300,000 tons annually of forage and residue in the Pacific Northwest.
Pacific Ag is the nation’s largest crop residue supply company. Kerry Calaway of Calagri will join Pacific Ag’s executive leadership team, according to the Portland Business Journal story.
Pacific Ag Founder and CEO Bill Levy said the deal will help Pacific Ag remain cost-competitive and provide year-round supplies.
“Combining their grower and customer base in the upper Columbia River Basin with ours in the lower will help us increase efficiencies and provide better service,” he said.
