USDA Undersecretary for Rural Development Dr. Basil Gooden and other local government officials visited Northstar Lime in Crookston, Minnesota Wednesday. Northstar Lime was awarded $4.4 million for the advancement of a sustainable lime fertilizer project. President Bryan Boll was excited to show off what the company has been doing. “We came up with a plan to pelletize or granulate spent lime from the beet plant. It works out pretty well actually.” The lime has many different nutrients in it and is used as a fertilizer. Northstar Lime has done a test run and Boll is hoping the plant will be fully operational in a few weeks.
