Prairie Pride to Hold Grand Opening of Missouri Biodiesel Plant This Weekend

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Investor-owned Prairie Pride Incorporated (Deerfield, Missouri), a start-up biodiesel production company, is planning to hold a grand opening ceremony this weekend to mark the completion of the company's soybean crushing and biodiesel production facility, located west of Deerfield.

The event is open to the public, and the gates to the plant will open Saturday, August 23, at 8 a.m. with plant tours running until 2 p.m. The speaking portion of the ceremony is expected to start at 10:30 a.m. with presentations from state Rep. Isaac "Ike" Skelton. Additional local politicians and state senators are expected to help celebrate the grand opening.

Construction of the estimated $90 million plant started in November 2006. The biodiesel plant went online in November 2007, and the soybean crusher was completed in June. The crush plant has the capacity of processing 21 million bushels of soybeans annually, and the biodiesel plant can produce 30 million gallons per year of the renewable fuel along with 486,000 tons of soybean meal.

The plant was engineered by Engineering Automation & Design Incorporated (Omaha, Nebraska) and was built by A-Lert Construction Services (Fredonia, Kansas). The plant sits on a 210-acre site 4 miles west of Deerfield in Vernon County.

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