Reus Grain in Texas: History, What It Raises, How It Makes Money and How to Contact It
Profile updated November 2026
Reus Grain is a family farm and grain-processing business in Hondo, Texas, that grows corn, milo, wheat, oats and cotton and cleans, bags and stacks grain for ranch customers. Farm Credit reports it handles roughly 800,000 to one million bushels a year.
| Location | Hondo, Texas |
|---|---|
| Founded | Farm bought by William Reus's father and uncle in 1928 |
| Sectors | Corn, milo, wheat, oats and cotton; grain cleaning and bagging |
| Scale | About 800,000 to one million bushels processed a year (Farm Credit story); acreage not published |
| Why it is notable | Nearly a century of family farming plus a grain business that grew from sacking out of a trailer |
| Ownership | William Reus and his son Mark |
| Official website | Farm Credit customer story about Reus Grain |
History of Reus Grain
Farm Credit reports that William Reus's father and uncle bought the farm together in 1928. William began farming by renting land from elderly neighbors, an arrangement his father suggested, and built the operation from there.
In the early to mid-1980s he started bagging grain for buyers from the Texas Hill Country who fed deer, sheep and goats. Mark Reus describes it as starting small, sacking grain out of a trailer. That sideline became Reus Grain, a processing business that now sits beside the farm and is owned by William and Mark.
What Reus Grain Grows and Raises
The family grows corn, milo, wheat, oats and cotton. Grain processing is the distinctive part: machines clean, bag and stack product for sale, and the story puts annual volume at about 800,000 to one million bushels.
Farming and processing support each other. The farm supplies some of the grain, while the bagging side opens a retail-style market among ranches and wildlife-feed buyers that a bulk elevator would not reach.
How Reus Grain Makes Money
Crop sales
Corn, milo, wheat, oats and cotton are the farm's crops. Row-crop income depends on weather and markets, which is why the processing side matters.
Bagged grain
The business sells cleaned, bagged grain to buyers from the Hill Country who feed deer, sheep and goats. Bagging adds value to commodity grain and puts it in a form ranchers can handle.
Financing as a tool
Mark Reus told Farm Credit that Texas Farm Credit has provided financing when the business needed it. The family does not publish revenue.
Farm Insight: What Other Operators Can Learn from Reus Grain
Packaging a commodity can open a new market. Bagging grain for ranch feed changed a farm that sold grain into a supplier that serves wildlife and livestock managers.
Start small and let customers pull you along. The business began with sacking from a trailer for a few buyers and grew as demand did.
Selling bagged corn to people who feed deer is an honest living and, frankly, a fine premise for farm satire. farm.FM keeps the farm humor, ranch humor and farm jokes coming, and we suspect the Hondo deer have strong opinions about milo. We respect a family that turned a trailer and a sack into a grain business.
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How to Contact Reus Grain
Website: https://farmcredit.com/story/reus-grain
No official Reus Grain website was found in November 2026, so this page points to the Farm Credit story. No phone or address was verified; confirm sales details with the business directly.
Reus Grain Sources and Agriculture Authority Links
- Farm Credit story: Reus Grain - Customer story with farm and grain facts
- Texas Farm Credit: Reus Grain - Lender's customer highlight
- Texas Farm Credit - The farm's lender
- USDA NASS Census of Agriculture - Texas grain and cotton data
- USDA NASS Quick Stats - Crop acreage and yield by county
Reus Grain FAQ
Where is Reus Grain?
Hondo, Texas.
What does the family grow?
Corn, milo, wheat, oats and cotton.
How much grain does it process?
Farm Credit reports about 800,000 to one million bushels a year.
Who runs it?
William Reus and his son Mark own Reus Grain.
Reus Grain shows how a family farm can build a second business from its own crops. See the Texas state guide on this site and the other profiled operations for more examples.