About Kevin Yanik

Propane is at Southern States’ core, but a day with the nation’s 10th-largest retailer shows how it goes far beyond fuel for the farming community. The Southern States Cooperative bobtail... Read more»

100-year-old gas distributor growing after branching into residential side ILMO Products Co., with nine locations in Illinois and a 10th in St. Louis, has a 100-year-old company history. ILMO has... Read more»

January is finally gone, and many propane retailers in the eastern United States are hoping February offers an opportunity to catch their businesses up on a winter gone wrong. But... Read more»

Propane marketers were begging for colder temperatures two years ago throughout that mild winter. Now, they’re begging for warmer weather that will give them the chance to catch up and... Read more»

Challenging. Untimely. Unprecedented. There are a number of adjectives that can be used to describe the current propane shortage and its effects on U.S. consumers. But whatever your word of... Read more»

A retired couple is moving across states and settling in your territory, and it will be choosing a propane provider for its home. The couple, because it’s new to the... Read more»

A later-than-usual crop drying season. Significant supply delays at propane terminals. And then a sudden polar vortex and its dangerously cold wind chills. Business has been unusually challenging in the... Read more»

David Stroupe estimates he’s reviewed more than 250 propane businesses as prospective mergers or acquisitions throughout his career. Yankee Propane, which Stroupe currently serves as president, was one of those... Read more»

Drought-like conditions followed a wet spring this year in the Corn Belt, leading marketers to believe little propane would be needed to dry corn this fall. Read more»

The temperature is approaching 100 degrees on a muggy August afternoon in Brookneal, Va., but the 30 first responders on site are not fazed. They all plan to see this... Read more»