In 2007, Jerry Bryson sold 50 acres of land in Herman, Minnesota to CHS.
Today, this land is home to a new, state of the art elevator complex, which began receiving grain October 13, 2020. In the photo gallery below, Bryson is pictured delivering the first load of grain into the new elevator. This is Bryson’s last harvest, as he plans to retire from farming after this fall.
The new elevator complex has an RFID card reader system for swift delivery and includes three 25,000 bushel/hour receiving pits. At 132 feet tall, 8 main silos along with additional smaller bins offer 1.45 million bushels of upright storage space.
Aerial view of the new elevator 
Jerry Bryson, unloading first delivery of grain 
Jerry Bryson delivering the first load of grain to the elevator 
Mike LeClair, longtime Herman elevator manager, in front of the first delivery in the new elevator 
Aerial view of the new elevator 
View over the train tracks at the new elevator, looking back toward Herman. The existing elevator can be seen in the background. 
Jerry Kramer, general manager, sharing elevator construction information 
Aerial view of the new elevator 
Internal view of the elevator 
Grain truck in front of elevator 
Elevator, train and loading system 
Bryson truck during ceremonial delivery
Area farmers have already begun delivering to the new elevator. Take a quick watch of this video taken during construction, which gives an idea of the traffic pattern new grain deliveries will be taking to enter the elevator.
Please contact a member of our grain team with any delivery questions regarding the new elevator through harvest.
