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Bluegrass Farms of Ohio

David Martin

President & CEO

Soybeans

• Economical Protein to

Feed Asia

• 100 Growers with

80,000 acres

• “Feeding Millions of

People Everyday”

Processing

Packaging

Shipping Options:

• All contracts with customers must provide:
• Multi-Mode Options for least cost
• Container
• Barge
• Truck
• Rail

Balancing imports with exports makes for an efficient model of transportation

Imports Exports

USA ASIA

Vancouver To Central Ohio Logistics Center

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (CP) entered into a new partnership with Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) and Bluegrass Farms of Ohio opens up the Ohio Valley to CP customers and further extend CP’s reach into North American markets. CP has the shortest route from Vancouver to Chicago. With a seamless interchange with the IHB in Blue Island the CP traffic will ride on Genesee & Wyoming's lines to Jeffersonville, OH

Strategically located between the cities of Dayton, Columbus, and Cincinnati

Location Distance

Columbus 43 miles Cincinnati 59 miles Dayton 35 miles Indianapolis 157 miles Louisville 169 miles Dayton, OH to CP Terminal – 35 miles via US-35 100 mile radius Dayton, OH to Cincinnati – 53 miles via I-75 Dayton, OH to Columbus – 70 miles via I-70

Foreign Trade Zone

• 2,500 Acres—single ownership
• Fully Zoned with Utilities
• Located at the Intersection of

I-71 and S.R. 35

• Shovel Ready Warehouse Sites
• 6.5 Million People within 60 mi

Bluegrass Farms

• f Ohio

Central Ohio Logistics Center

Central Ohio Logistics Center

• Owned by Bluegrass Farms of Ohio
• 90 acre facility with room for expansion
• 5 tracks - 2 storage tracks at 7,600’ each
• 2 working tracks at 3,000’ each
• 1 bulk track with pits for transloading
• Rail Scale and Truck Scale
• Trailer storage
• Storage for over 240 railcars
• Storage for over 300 containers
• Secure gated facility
• Concrete pad built to stack boxes

• Modern, dependable machinery
• Double Stack Train Service
• 40 Ton Lift Capacity
• 5 Container Height Storage
• On-Site Locomotive

Gantry Crane Reach Stacker Locomotive

Transloading Empty Containers

• Agricultural Grains
• Highspeed Grain Cleaning
• Bagged, Bulk, Semi-Bulk
• USDA on Site
• 2.7 Million Bushels of Storage
• Truck-to-Container
• Rail-to-Container

Local (Dray) Delivery Service

• Fast, Dependable Service available for

Street Turns

• Private Chassis Pool
• Privately owned Truck Fleet
• Additional Contracted Carriers

Vancouver Port Terminals

Deltaport

• Canada’s flagship marine terminal, owned by GCT
• 210 acres, 1.9 million annual TEU’s
• 3 berths – Megaship equipped
• 24,000’ on dock rail with expansion complete in Q2 of 2018
• Daily service to US Midwest, over 315,000 TEU’s delivered to US in 2016

Vanterm

• 76 acres, 850,000 annual TEU’s
• Owned by GCT
• Located in Vancouver inner harbour
• Daily service to US Midwest

Centerm

• Located in Vancouver inner harbour
• Owned by DP World
• 2 container berths, 7 quay cranes
• Rail/Road split: 60/40
• On-Dock daily connection to US markets

 Links inland port with Ohio River/international port  Direct access for Ohio agricultural exports gives competitive edge

to Ohio producers

 Establishes Ohio as logistics hub for North Central region  Over 6.5 million people within a 1 hour drive

Thank You Any Questions?