After months of delays and construction setbacks, Iowa Fertilizer Company says its new plant could begin production by fall of this year.

 

“I feel pretty good about the schedule we have in front of us right now,” said Larry Holley, president of Iowa Fertilizer Company. “We’re running very hard to make sure we can keep that schedule.”

 

Tuesday, Holley and area leaders celebrated the completion of two new roadways, J-50 and 360th Ave, which were paved and expanded for truck traffic as part of the $1.9 Billion project that will create hundreds of new jobs.

 

“This is huge for Lee County,” said St. Sen. Rich Taylor, (D) Iowa, District 42. “It will employ about 200 full-time employees but the businesses that will come with this will 

 

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