ADM has expanded its fertilizer terminal in St. Paul, Minn., with the addition of a new 40,000 st fertilizer warehouse and blender to better serve farm-direct and wholesale customers in the Northern Plains and Western Canada.
The new warehouse and blender more than doubles the 30,000 st terminal capacity that ADM has been operating at the St. Paul Port Authority’s Southport terminal since 2006 at a facility leased from Alter Logistics Co. The expansion was completed on July 1, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Aug. 5.
“The St. Paul facility is the newest leg of our strategy to be a world-class supplier of fertilizer,” said Scott Nagel, President of ADM-Benson Quinn in St. Paul. “It strengthens our global supply chain logistics infrastructure to help ensure we continue to reliably procure and deliver high-quality fertilizer. It is ADM’s robust logistics network that enables us to rapidly respond to changing market conditions like what we have been experiencing over the last year.”
The 40,000 st expansion reportedly includes seven large storage bins for bulk products, three micro bins, and a high-capacity blending and loadout system. ADM received $1.8 million from a Minnesota Department of Transportation port development assistance grant for the project, and just under $1 million from private sources, the Twin Cities Pioneer Press reported.
The new facility is one of 28 river and inland fertilizer terminals operated by ADM across the US and Canada. The company has another Minnesota fertilizer terminal location at Winona.