1870
ATSF Passenger Train in the 1890s

1870: Sante Fe Railroad

The Santa Fe Railroad decided to put a rail grain loading station in Mendon, Missouri. From that initial facility grew today’s agribusiness service center.

1914
Seven farmers met at a one-room schoolhouse near Brunswick, Mo., to discuss an article by William Hirth calling for the formation of farm clubs. Soon they placed the first cooperative order for 1,150 pounds of baler twine.

1914: One-Room Schoolhouse

Seven farmers met at a one-room schoolhouse near Brunswick, Mo., to discuss an article by William Hirth calling for the formation of farm clubs. Soon they placed the first cooperative order for 1,150 pounds of baler twine.

1944
Image of Sloan and Pick

1944: Flood Control Act

The Flood Control Act of 1944 authorized the Pick-Sloan Program for 8 purposes in managing the Missouri River. They are Flood Control, Navigation, Irrigation, Hydro Power, Water Supply, Recreation, Fish and Wildlife and Water Quality.

1945

1945: Bank Stabilization

The Bank Stabilization and Navigation Program (BSNP) was specifically authorized by Congress by the Rivers and Harbors Act. The project provides a permanent, continuous, open river navigation channel, 9-foot-deep and 300-foot-wide, from Sioux City to the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers near St. Louis. Figure 5 shows the navigation channel.

1975
Image of Butch and Bill

1975: Butch and Bill

Walker C. (Butch) Fletcher and William P. (Bill) Jackson discovered a mutual interest in developing a barge facility in central Missouri to move agricultural inputs, especially fertilizer, into this community and grain back to the New Orleans export market. Butch Fletcher owned and managed Fletcher Grain, a country elevator business. Bill Jackson was part owner and manager of Jackson Chemical in Polo, Missouri.

1976
Brunswick River Terminal Logo

1976: New Land

Fletcher and Jackson located land along the Missouri River between Kansas City and Jefferson City that had rail service and access to a good highway. In the summer of 1977, The Brunswick River Terminal, Inc. Corporation was formed and purchased 20 acres of farmland. The acreage was three miles west of Brunswick on U.S. Highway 24, adjoining the Norfolk Southern Railroad and at mile marker 256,on the left bank of the Missouri River.

Over the next year, the farmland was converted into a fertilizer distribution facility with a 45,000-ton dry bulk fertilizer storage warehouse, barge and rail unloading facilities, rail and truck load out facilities, truck and rail scales, and an office/shop.

2001
AG-LAND Logo

2001: Ownership Transfer

On January 1, 2001, the current stockholders and management of Ag Land, Inc. Brookfield, Missouri, Ray Bennett and Tom Bennett, announced their decision to transfer ownership of all existing stock in Ag Land, Inc. to the present stockholders of Brunswick River Terminal, Inc. Brunswick, Missouri.

2020
Location Overview

2020: Current Footprint

In 2020 an additional 80 acres were acquired by the Brunswick River Terminal stockholders, bringing the current footprint to 236 acres and 1.3 miles of riverfront.