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Meeting the Agricultural Needs of the Eastern Great Lakes
Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. held a celebratory groundbreaking to mark the commencement of construction on a new liquid fertilizer facility in Defiance, Ohio.
The new 50,000-square-foot production facility will occupy 50 acres and is set to become operational in 2024. The facility will service the Eastern Great Lakes Region through its distribution partners and will include terminal loadouts for rail cars and tanker trucks.
Tessenderlo Kerley will produce its leading liquid sulfur-based crop nutrition brands like Thio-Sul®, KTS®, K-Row 23®, as well as sulfite chemistries for the industrial market.
“Nurturing crop life is at the forefront of all that we do,” said Russell Sides, Executive Vice President, Tessenderlo Kerley. “This facility creates more certainty in the region by ensuring farmers have access to the nutrients they need for their crops to thrive.”
“It’s essential for us as a distributor to have good supply partners such as Tessenderlo Kerley,” said Josh Vollmar, director of commodities and risk for The Andersons. “Having a partner that’s closer to our ultimate end-user is very important to us.”
