Bunge Closes Acquisition of Central Washington Corn Processors

Bunge Global SA (Q23.DE ), the New York Stock Exchange-listed agribusiness company, announced on October 30, 2026 that it has closed its acquisition of Central Washington Corn Processors, Inc., a feed processing and bulk-commodity handling company located in Richland, Washington. The company’s announcement, dated from St. Louis, Missouri, did not disclose a purchase price or other financial terms of the transaction.

In the release, Bunge characterized CWCP as a leading provider of feed processing services in the Pacific Northwest. According to the company, CWCP operates a modern bulk-commodity handling facility that supports the distribution of key grain and oilseed agricultural products to dairies, ranches, feedlots, and commercial customers across the region. Bunge described the facility as strategically positioned, with dual access to the BNSF and Union Pacific (UNP ) rail networks, and said it offers high-capacity unloading, storage, and processing capabilities, making it an important asset in the regional feed supply chain.

“This transaction represents an important step in expanding Bunge’s feed solutions footprint and strengthening our ability to serve customers in the Pacific Northwest and support continued growth in the region’s livestock and dairy sectors,” said Rayner Freyberg, Bunge’s US Country Manager. Freyberg added that combining CWCP’s proven operations, strategic location, and strong customer relationships with Bunge’s global expertise and network positions the company to enhance service, increase efficiency, and unlock new opportunities for its customers across the Pacific Northwest.

The Acquired Operation

CWCP was established in 2002 and built its facility to meet the demands of a consolidating rail industry in Richland, according to the company’s About page. CWCP describes itself as a leader in bulk commodity distribution. Its website reports 45,000 tons of covered storage capacity housed in a 143,250-square-foot building and 2.1 million bushels of grain storage capacity, and it lists containers among its offered services.

The commodities CWCP handles, as listed on its site, are coarse cracked corn, fine ground corn, distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS), whole cottonseed, canola meal pellets, and whole corn.

CWCP states the facility is located in the Port of Benton off the City of Richland’s main rail line, which the company says provides direct service from both Class One railroads, BNSF and Union Pacific. The City of Richland’s rail line connects with mainline track that has access into both railroads’ yards, allowing each railroad to post rates independently into CWCP. The company also states that semi-truck traffic from Interstate 82, Interstate 90, and Interstate 84 converges at the site, and that these efficiencies have allowed products to reach Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. CWCP says it is working with The Northwest Seaport Alliance and state leaders to bring an inland terminal to the facility.

Archived posts on CWCP’s website document a series of expansions at the Richland complex. A post dated December 2015 stated that the company planned to invest $4.3 million to expand its Richland flat house to accommodate space for soy meal. Two posts dated December 2020 described an expansion of the company’s north Richland grain shed at Horn Rapids to better accommodate a key commodity used for livestock feed, and a $7.9 million grain facility in the Horn Rapids Industrial Park described as ready to serve the feed industry.

Bunge’s Recent Corporate History

The CWCP acquisition follows Bunge’s completion of its merger with Viterra Limited, which the company announced had closed on July 2, 2025, creating what Bunge described as a premier global agribusiness solutions company for food, feed and fuel. The combined company is led by Chief Executive Officer Greg Heckman and Chief Financial Officer John Neppl. Viterra Chief Executive Officer David Mattiske joined Bunge’s executive leadership team as Co-Chief Operating Officer alongside Julio Garros, with the two jointly overseeing commercial activities including the global commodity value chains, country and regional management teams, renewable fuels initiatives, regenerative agriculture solutions, and industrial operations and safety.

In the July 2025 announcement, Bunge said the combination was expected to benefit from significant incremental network synergies across joint commercial opportunities, vertical integration efficiencies, and improved logistics optimization and trading optionality from a larger and broader network. The company also said it expected relatively more stable cash flows from the larger, more diversified footprint, and that the improvement in the business risk and credit profile of the combined company was expected to drive capital structure efficiencies and cost of capital benefits. Bank of America (BAC ) Securities served as financial advisor to Bunge on that transaction, and Latham & Watkins LLP acted as legal counsel.