NE Nitro Geneva Buys Anhydrous Ammonia Fertilizer Plant

Fertilizer supplier NE Nitro Geneva LLC (Nebraska Nitrogen) purchased an anhydrous ammonia fertilizer production facility and ancillary campus assets in Geneva, NE, a company announcement said this week. The facility has a capacity of 36,000 tn/yr of nitrogen-based fertilizer.

“Domestic nitrogen facilities are fortress assets, this chemical business fits strategically with our industrial complex throughout the west,” the firm’s chairman, Chad Brownstein, said in a statement. “The Nebraska Nitrogen team is positioned to manage a profit-driven operation from today forward. We are fortunate to acquire a significant capital asset at this point in the commodity cycle.”

Opened in 2017, the facility provides fertilizer products to farmers in the Western Cornbelt.

“We are dedicated to supporting the regional farming community,” said Heidi Kelly, chief operating officer, in the company’s release. “Nebraska Nitrogen is focused on implementing operational improvements on a daily basis that will maintain production reliability. We have enacted measures commensurate with our culture of performance excellence, dedicated to safety first.”