Ardent Mills
Feature Business of the week:
Ardent Mills
Written by: Casey Yttredahl
Ardent Mills, 2807 Burlington Ave, Shelby Montana
Located in the Port of Northern Montana
We have 4 people employed at the elevator, 2 from Cut Bank and 2 from Shelby. Not looking for additional staff now.
Casey Yttredahl – Elevator Supervisor
Dale Welch – Associate Elevator Supervisor
Mike Schubert – Elevator Operator
Triston Connelly – Elevator Operator
We are open 8-4:30 M-F
This facility was built by Hinrichs Trading Company out of Pullman, WA – opened in 2018. Hinrichs bought and processed chickpeas.
Ardent Mills bought Hinrichs in 2021.
Ardent Mills was formed in 2013 through a joint venture between Cargill, Conagra and CHS. Mainly wheat milling but have recently branched out into Quinoa and Chickpeas, the reason for purchasing Hinrichs.
Ardent has 40 locations including Canada and Puerto Rico, the home office in Denver, CO.
The Shelby elevator mainly transloads oats from several Canadian companies. They are brought in on a truck and shipped out on rail and trucks.
Ardent Mills is committed to transforming how the world is nourished. As the premier flour-milling and ingredient company, we cultivate the future of plant-based solutions to help our customers and communities thrive. We operate in more than 40 locations that specialize in flour, quinoa, pulses, and organic and gluten-free products that drive emerging nutrition and innovation across plant-based ingredients. Our holistic portfolio empowers us to meet the complex needs of customers today while focusing on the growing needs of tomorrow’s consumer.
Deeply rooted in communities throughout North America, we operate in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico with company headquarters in Denver, Colorado. We employ more than 100 certified millers and support thousands of local jobs that contribute billions of dollars to local economies -- helping our people, our customers, and families everywhere flourish.
Written By: Shane Adams
Ardent Mills is a new Chamber member as of this year, being a Silver Member. Casey contacted me requesting information on becoming a chamber member pretty right away on behalf of Ardent Mills when I started this job with the Chamber this winter. They have been great to work with, every time I go to their location they are always super nice and welcoming. Just as a side note, I could be mistaken, but I believe they are the only business signed up as a Chamber Member actually located on a gravel road. Even though it's only a couple of miles of gravel, it reminds me of home and I enjoy going there. Fun fact of the day behind that statement. Back in Miles City, I lived 17 miles down a gravel road, so every day I went to work at the sporting goods store being a gun saleman or needed to go to town for whatever reason, I traveled lots of gravel! It's weird, even though I cussed that road all the time as it was rough and wash boarded, hard on vehicles with tearing up tires, cracked windshields, and just plain hard on the truck…I miss the countryside drives.
So, thank you Ardent Mills for being a Chamber Member for obvious reasons, but on a personal level giving me a chance once in a while to hit the gravel, even though it's just a couple of miles!!
After reading the piece Casey put together above about Ardent Mills, I don't think I can add anything more than what she already said. Besides, it does not matter if the business is located on main street or out on a gravel road. ALL businesses in and around Shelby are equally important & vital to our local economy. Whether the business sells merchandise, ships products, or provides a service, it takes every single one of those businesses to make a strong community.
