The Klamath County Board of County Commissioners in Klamath Falls, Ore., has approved a request from Basin Fertilizer and Chemical Co. for $258,311 in American Rescue Plan Act funds, which the company plans to use to expand fertilizer storage and railway capabilities at its Merrill, Ore., facility, the Klamath Falls Herald and News reported on April 12.
The newspaper reported that Basin plans to extend the mainline track of the Union Pacific Railroad by 30 feet and its own track line by 1,924 feet, and has already purchased 19 acres near its existing five-acre lot to build a larger shop, add equipment and truck storage, and add a dry fertilizer building with 15,000 tons of additional storage capacity.
Basin was founded in 1975, and currently has more than 50 employees serving growers over a 250-mile radius in the Klamath Basin. The company offers conventional fertilizers, crop protection products, bulk soil amendments, and organic crop nutrition products, as well as fertilizer blending, field spraying, dry application, precision ag services, and consulting.