Brazil’s specialty fertilizer company Forquímica has decided to invest $1 million in a plant in Moultrie, Ga. Some 80 jobs are expected to be created, with new jobs in general services, management, marketing, and sales.
“After four years working alongside farmers in South Georgia, Forquímica is very excited to join and to be part of the Moultrie community as we start our crop nutrition manufacturing plant,” said Reginaldo Zandonade, manager of Forquímica’s Moultrie facility. “We are looking forward to growing together for many years to come.”
Since 2015, the company said it has been conducting some 20 different trials in southern Georgia, focusing on corn, soy, cotton, and peanuts. The company has held off on making sales, concentrating on the trials. The company was reported to have purchased a 51,000 square foot facility in Moultrie for $600,000 in December 2018, according to the Moultrie Observer.
Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Cambira, Paraná, Forquímica says it now has some 50 products, specializing in foliar fertilizers and adjuvants. The company, which employs 500 in Brazil, said its goal is to get as big or larger in the U.S.