Kansas Governor Laura Kelly will be in southeast Kansas Thursday morning to help celebrate the grand opening of the new Bartlett Grain soybean crushing facility in Cherryvale.

 Kelly will be on hand tomorrow morning at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new plant scheduled for 10:30. She will deliver brief remarks at the event.

The $400 million facility has been working toward meeting their planned opening deadline this fall. The plant will provide a new, local option for grain delivery as well as increased access to soybean byproducts. Bartlett anticipates being able to process 45 million bushels of soybeans annually.