Proposed Fertilizer Plant | Video

Jessica Roose | 9/12/2012

With all this talk about North Dakota`s booming energy industry, we can`t forget how big a role agriculture still plays and will continue to play. In a few years, a nitrogen fertilizer plant will be built near Jamestown. This afternoon the Governor and members of CHS, the nation`s largest farmer-owned cooperative, announced that the company is moving forward with preliminary plans to build the plant.

The plant would convert natural gas into fertilizers, to be used by farmers. It is expected to cost more than one billion dollars. The company is investing $10 million in the first phase of the project which includes a feasibility study.

"Pursuing construction of this plant and ultimately making additional fertilizer available for the regions farmers will help us achieve our goal in feeding this hungry and growing planet," said CHS Board Chairman Jerry Hasnedl.

It is expected that the plant, which would operate 24-hours a day seven days a week, will bring between 100 and 150 jobs to the state.

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