UAP will close 13 stores and plants

United Agri Products, which sells agricultural products like seeds, fertilizers and pest killers, is closing most of its stores and plants in Montana.

The company will close 13 stores and plants in the state by this summer, including stores in Havre and Big Sandy. Retail stores in Sidney and Belgrade and wholesale operations in Lockwood and Great Falls are the only stores and plants that will remain open, company representatives said Wednesday.

Company spokesman Kent McDaniel said today that the closures are part of a refocusing of the company's efforts in a new business model. UAP will contin...