An independent Distributed Fertilizer Manufacturing Platform Feasibility Study evaluating a distributed fertilizer manufacturing platform across three rural Upper Midwest communities in Benson, Minnesota.
BENSON, Minnesota — Wert-Berater, Inc., an independent feasibility study consulting firm serving lenders and government agencies since 1998, has completed a Distributed Fertilizer Manufacturing Platform Feasibility Study in Benson, Swift County, Minnesota.
Wert-Berater served as independent feasibility consultant to the applicant and prospective lenders. Party names are withheld consistent with the confidential nature of underwriting and capital-advisory work; figures represent the project as evaluated at the study date.
A $47,371,560 distributed fertilizer manufacturing platform anchored in one rural Minnesota community and extended to two more across Minnesota and Wisconsin, funded by a $19,685,780 federal share (41.56 percent) against a $27,685,780 applicant match (58.44 percent). The study asked the narrow question the program requires — not whether the platform is attractive, but whether it is feasible on its documented merits — and answered it on verified figures with sources equal to uses.
An anchor production site acquired and placed into service, two additional community-scale production sites, and the shared logistics and offtake arrangements that let the three operate as one platform.
$47,371,560 total project cost — $19,685,780 federal share requested (41.56 percent) against a $27,685,780 applicant match (58.44 percent), with a single leverage event at the Year 5 refinancing.
A distributed platform fails site by site, not all at once, so the study modeled each site's contribution separately before consolidating. The single leverage event is the Year 5 refinancing, covered 12.45× against a 1.20× lender requirement; the study still tested what an insolvency case would cost a lender rather than treating the coverage cushion as the end of the analysis. Match composition — secured versus unsecured — was verified against the program's eligibility screen, because unsecured match does not count.
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