Thursday, November 1, 2001

Soybean plant heartening news

With a string of setbacks this year with Prairie Expo and the troubles at ADI, it's heartening to see positive economic development news for the area.

That came Tuesday night at the Worthington Regional Economic Development Corp. annual meeting.

Officials of the South Dakota Soybean Processors announced the start of construction on a $2.3 million soybean oil storage project in Brewster.

That plant will complement the 100,000-bushel-a-day soybean crush facility that is planned for Brewster. That project is a joint venture between the South Dakota Soybean Processors and the Minnesota Soybean Processors.

Both projects are examples of people in the agriculture community taking steps to add value to the crops they grow. Both should be a great help to those who have invested in the plant.

As we've seen in the past year, the road to economic development is long and winding and often goes in unpredict-able directions. With luck, the road for the Brewster soybean operations will be clear and straight.




©Worthington Daily Globe 2001