A new soybean crushing facility in northern Iowa has cleared a key hurdle allowing construction to begin in early April.
Mid-Iowa Cooperative CEO Mike Kinley says the Shell Rock Soy Processing Plant northwest of Shell Rock has received an extensive air quality permit.
“There are a number of permits obviously for various items for the project, but nothing as significant as that permit. That’s usually the permit that signals that the project is for sure a go.”
The $270 million plant will crush nearly 40 million bushels of soybeans per year once operational toward the end of 2022.
