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PRESIDENT AND TRANSLOADING OPERATIONS MANAGER, HOUFF CORP., WEYERS CAVE
PRESIDENT AND TRANSLOADING OPERATIONS MANAGER, HOUFF CORP., WEYERS CAVE
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
Starting as a liquid fertilizer business on a Shenandoah family farm in 1975, Houff Corp. grew to provide a range of agricultural and industrial services, including agronomy, supply chain solutions, transloading and biosolids management.
Two years ago, the company acquired 14 acres to expand its Doswell rail transload yard, where it’s laying more than a mile of new track. The 48% employee-owned company is also building a 24,000-square-foot tilt-up warehouse in Weyers Cave for more crop protection storage.
Houff has been the corporation’s president since the early 1990s. He’s also board chair of Railside Enterprises — the family’s holding company that owns Houff Corp. and IDM Trucking, a transportation company run by Houff’s brothers. Houff has an agriculture degree from Virginia Tech.
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