ADEL — Cook County welcomed Custom Ag Formulators with a groundbreaking Tuesday morning.
The company got its start in Fresno, Calif., 19 years ago.
“We actually started as just a liquid fertilizer manufacturer in Fresno,” said Jerry Steward, president of Custom Ag Formulators. “We continued to grow, growing into the dry fertilizer industry in our third year.”
The company also looked for other ways to diversify.
“Ag is only about nine months out of the year,” said Steward. “You go strong for nine months and then ag dies off. So we went into toll-blending, which is basically blending for other chemical companies and other industries. We blend a little bit of everything: drinking water additives, drip irrigation, hydroponics.”
Since then, the company has continued to diversify, getting into the fracking and wastewater treatment business, as well as opening the Fresno-based Sandals at the Beach Grill.
In the mid-2000s, Custom Ag Formulators expanded to Australia, opening a manufacturing facility in Goondiwindi, Australia.
“Australia’s the other side of the planet,” said Steward. “We thought that’d add more work with the difference in seasons.”
Custom Ag Formulator also wanted to take advantage of Australia’s location to aid the company’s growing international business.
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