Montana’s senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus is encouraging international grain exporter, Bunge Limited, to continue agricultural investments in the state. Following connections made at Baucus’ 2007 jobs summit, Bunge, through EGT, LLC is building three state-of-the-art grain shuttle loaders in its joint venture with ITOCHU and STX Pan Ocean. During a recent meeting with Bunge Limited Chairman and CEO Alberto Weisser, Baucus encouraged the global agribusiness leader to continue to ramp up trade opportunities for Montanans at EGT, LLC, facilities in Chester, Kintyre Flats and Carter.

“Montana jobs rely on getting our world-class agriculture products from farm fields to world markets. As a leader in agribusiness, Bunge, through its joint venture, EGT, LLC, has the tools to increase investment in Montana’s agriculture and trade, and I’m going to keep working with them to do so,” said Baucus, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which has sole jurisdiction over international trade. “We’ve got to keep fighting to open international markets to Montana products while making sure there are facilities in place to get those products where they need to go.”

“EGT’s state-of-the-art facilities will enable us to create a seamless supply chain from Montana farms to growing markets around the world. We look forward to working with Senator Baucus and Montana farms, ranches and businesses in ways that will build the state’s economy and create future opportunities for Montanans,” said Alberto Weisser, Chairman and CEO of Bunge Limited.

EGT, LLC, a joint venture between Bunge North America, ITOCHU and STX Pan Ocean, currently has a high capacity shuttle train loader in Kintyre Flats with two additional locations in Chester and Carter slated to go online this year. The shuttle loaders are designed to ship Montana wheat to the company’s grain export terminal in Longview, Washington. From there, Montana grains can enter markets in Asia and Central America – regions where Baucus has worked to break down international trade barriers for Montana goods.

From a Baucus news release published at the Middle East North Africa Financial Network