MKC to buy fertilizer company

Mid-Kansas Coop Association, a grain cooperative headquartered in Moundridge, is in the process of acquiring Mid-West Fertilizer, Paola.

Mid-west is a full-service agricultural retailer dealing in grain, wholesale and retail agronomy, energy, feed, and trucking. It has 18 locations across eastern Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.

MKC has 19 locations in central Kansas including Peabody and Florence.

The acquisition is expected to be completed in early 2020.