Two NR-S graduates start independent seed and chemical business

A vacant farmstead just 3 miles north of New Rockford along U.S. Hwy. 281 has become the home of a start-up seed and chemical operation founded by two NR-S graduates.

Taylor Koepplin (2010) and Eric Perleberg (2009) established James River Ag last fall, an effort they say was the product of "just a couple of friends talking." The result is a newly-constructed facility equipped with offices, a ware...