- December 17, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
CHARLOTTE — Grain handler and exporter Citizens LLC is being acquired by a fellow Michigan business with deep roots in the industry.
Frankenmuth-based Star of the West Milling Co. recently announced that it would be acquiring Citizens in a move to expand its capabilities across service areas including grain receiving, agronomy services and food-grade soybean exports.
Citizens LLC
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The Charlotte-based Citizens was founded in 1988 as a grain elevator and now operates out of five facilities — two located in Charlotte in addition to locations in Potterville, Vermontville and Battle Creek.
With a team of 30 employees, Citizens serves more than 300 farmers throughout much of the state and small portions of Ohio and Indiana.
“Star of the West Milling Company is one of the oldest and most respected, successful independent agricultural businesses in Michigan,” Bob Mansfield, founder and president of Citizens…
