Building begins today for FS PARTNERS’ new fertilizer facility in Ayr

Ground-breaking celebrations took place today for area farmers as construction began for a new state-of-the-art fertilizer facility at FSPARTNERS’ agronomy site in Ayr.

The 15,000-tonne facility will have nine bins to give flexibility for retail blending needs. It will also have a blending system capable of mixing up to 2,000 tonnes of crop nutrient products per day, more than doubling the old capacity of 800 tonnes per day. The facility will be capable of receiving products by rail and truck. 

 “We see this as an excellent investment for the future and confirms our true commitment to provide greater efficiencies for our farmer-owners, our customers and for retailers in the Ontario marketplace,” says Frank Barron, FS PARTNERS division manager. 

Construction is expected to be completed in about a year’s time and the new plant will be a shared asset between GROWMARK, Inc. and its retail division FS PARTNERS. GROWMARK will use it to distribute to area retailers and FS PARTNERS will utilize it to serve its farmer-customers.

Today marks the first day of construction at FS PARTNERS' Ayr facility. Ceremonial ground-breaking photo seen here with (L-R) Aron Van Pelt, president Van Pelt Construction; Claude Gauthier, GROWMARK executive director, Ontario operations; Jeff House, FS PARTNERS operations and facilities manager, Bert Perriman, FS PARTNERS board president, Frank Barron, FS PARTNERS division manager, Kevin Stumpf, FS PARTNERS branch manager, Ayr.