The owner of a municipal-bond financed nitrogen fertilizer plant in Lee County, Iowa, is trying to sell the plant to one of its largest competitors, Koch Industries. Processing Content The Iowa ...

Silos sit in the background of a cornfield in Richville Michigan. Nitrogen fertilizer often is used on corn crops and is a major expense for farmers. The sale of a fertilizer plant in southeast Iowa ...

When farmer Joshua Manske heard about the acquisition of an Iowa fertilizer plant by Koch Industries in December, he saw it as a “microcosm of what’s going on nationally.” Expand your understanding of ...

Democrats in the Iowa House are raising concerns about the pending sale of a southeast Iowa fertilizer plant. Koch Industries plans to buy the Iowa Fertilizer Company near Wever for $3.6 billion.