Merrill - Plymouth Oil

Well, its Monday, which means another day on the road. Last night, we piled in the car (and I mean that literally since the cars get small when you have three people and luggage) and drove to Le Mars.

After a good night's rest, we made the quick drive south to Merrill, where we visited Plymouth Oil Company.

I am familiar with Plymouth Oil. As Secretary of Agriculture, my focus was on supporting our farmers by finding new uses for our crops, which also helped grow our economy and create jobs for Iowans. Here in Merrill, Plymouth Oil and Plymouth Energy are doing exactly that. In 2006, Plymouth Energy joined the locally-grown bio-refining businesses that are helping to fuel the world by building an ethanol plant.

And now, right next door Plymouth Oil is helping to feed the world. They are in the process of constructing a new facility that will make food-grade corn oil. They are close to bringing this facility on-line, and soon hope to be shipping their product around the globe.

Our administration worked with Plymouth to make this expansion possible. Through the High Quality Job Creation program, we have helped create 23 good jobs here in Merrill.
I was glad to come and see this plant and the work they are doing.

When finished, Plymouth will be one of the first plants in the world to produce both ethanol and corn oil. This is the type of work that not only adds value to our crops and helps our farmers, but creates good-paying jobs for Iowans, and grows our economy.

Well, the car is moving south. Next stop - Sioux City.

Until next time,

Patty