Co-Ag’s McCoy loader plan gets green light from panel

Whitman County’s Board of Adjustment gave permission to Cooperative Agricultural Producers to build a new unit train loading facility near McCoy, five miles southeast of Rosalia along Highway 271.

The board unanimously approved the company’s proposal for a railroad spur that would encircle two grain tanks that could hold 430,000 bushels of grain at a site nearly one-half mile north of McCoy siding.

Jackie Tee, Co-Ag general manager, said a firm decision on whether the firm will go ahead with the project has yet to be made.

“This just puts us one step closer to that decision,” Tee said after th...