Asmus Farm Supply, Rake, IA, recently added a new liquid fertilizer facility to its company operations. The new liquid fertilizer facility features 20,000 square feet, three loadout bays and one receiving bay.
The new Asmus Farm Supply liquid fertilizer facility in Rake, IA, features 20,000 square feet, three loadout bays and one receiving bay.The facility is designed with multiple liquid storage tanks.Each tank in the facility has its own separate, numbered load line.From left: CropLife IRON’s Sal Settecase, Cody Wirtjes and Amy Asmus watch a truck enter the facility for loading.A tanker truck enters one of the Asmus facility loading bays to receive a shipment of liquid fertilizer.Urea Ammonium Nitrate (UAN) is loaded into a truck.Once the tanker truck is filled, an Asmus employee seals the top hatch for on-the-road transport.Liquid loading at the Asmus facility is handled by this Kahler Automation unit.These mini-bulks are filled with product, waiting to be shipped to customers.Asmus Farm Supply aerial Aerial view of Asmus Farm Supply.
CropLife IRON spent some time at this new building, and here’s a brief look at what we saw in the slideshow above.
Matt Hopkins is Senior Multi-Media Specialist for the Agribusiness Group at Meister Media Worldwide (MMW), including such brands as CropLife, CropLife IRON, AgriBusiness Global, Global Agtech Initiative, and Cotton Grower. He is responsible for managing an array of digital products, including newsletters, websites, video, and social media. Hopkins originally joined MMW in 1994 as an editor for Greenhouse Grower magazine before transitioning to Business Manager of its MeisterPro division. He has a Communications Degree from Cleveland State University.
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