Major fertilizer plant opens in Iowa

By Bill Tiedje, Iowa Farmer Today
Apr 27, 2017
Apr 27, 2017

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The Iowa Fertilizer Company’s high-efficiency fertilizer manufacturing plant celebrated a grand opening in Wever, Iowa, on April 19.

Photo courtesy Iowa Fertilizer Company

Two looming white tanks hold 500 MT of ammonia each to meet peak season demands. Smaller green tanks hold 40 MT each of 32 percent UAN fertilizer. A state of the art loading facility can load up to 300 semi trucks per day with ammonia. The facility also loads liquid UAN by rail.

IFT photo by Bill Tiedje

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By Bill Tiedje, Iowa Farmer Today

WEVER, Iowa — Iowa Fertilizer Company celebrated the grand opening of its $3 billion high-efficiency fertilizer manufacturing plant in Lee County April 19 and has already begun supplying farmers with a new, domestic source of anhydrous ammonia.

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