Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Sept 13

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Bismarck, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Sept 12, 2012) — At a news conference Wednesday at the State Capital in Bismarck, a major announcement was made that involves Spiritwood Energy Park Association, industrial park, become the site of a $1.2 billion nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing plant.

The plant will be operated by CHS, the Farmers Union member owned cooperative.

The plant will take natural gas and produce anhydrous ammonia, urea, and liquid fertilizer.

The materials will be distributed by CHS.

The next step in the process is to obtain a preliminary engineering and design study.

If all goes according to plans the plant would be on line in 2016.

It’s expected the plant will employ 100-150 workers at the site at Spiritwood.

Financing for the project is expected to come from multiple sources, including owner equity in CHS, and and hopefully other equity sources.

The plant will be co-located with Great River Energy’s power and coal plant, which produces steam.

On hand from Jamestown at the major announcement were: Jamestown Mayor Katie Andersen,

Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation, CEO Connie Ova, along with Stutsman County Commissioners, Mark Klose, and Dennis Ova.

　

Statement From JSDC

This is a momentous day for the Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation Board of Directors, Stutsman County Commission, Jamestown City Council and especially for the 22,000 + taxpaying citizens of Stutsman County.

We are overwhelmed with the magnitude of this project and excited about the economic impact to the area. Agriculture is and always will be the number 1 economic driver in Stutsman County and the benefits back to the farming community are substantial. The impact of the construction jobs and finally the full time excellent careers that these project providers will bring years of possibilities to the state, region, county and local communities.

Thank you to Great River Energy for being the best partner a community could dream of. Thank you to Cenex Harvest States and North Dakota Farmers Union for choosing the Spiritwood Energy Park location. Thank you to ND Department of Commerce and most of all to Governor Dalrymple for clearing the path for this opportunity to happen in North Dakota.

Again, from the JSDC Board of Directors, thank you and we look forward to decades of opportunity and economic growth with this project.

 

News Release From Gov. Dalrymple’s Office

BISMARCK, N.D. (KCSi-T.V News Sept 12, 2012) — Gov. Jack Dalrymple and leaders of CHS Inc., the nation’s largest farmer-owned cooperative, Wednesday announced that the company is taking steps toward constructing a nitrogen fertilizer plant in North Dakota at a cost of more than $1 billion.

The plant would convert natural gas into fertilizers, providing the region’s farmers with enhanced supplies of nutrients essential to raising corn and other crops.

CHS has selected a 200-acre site for the fertilizer plant near Spiritwood, North Dakota.

Following further due diligence, necessary approvals and a successful engineering study, CHS would move forward on construction.

CHS is conducting a preliminary engineering and design study to determine the feasibility of construction plans for the project, which is expected to cost between $1.1 billion and $1.4 billion.

CHS is investing $10 million in the first phase of the feasibility study.

Governor Dalrymple said, “This project is great news for our farmers and for the entire state of North Dakota. The CHS fertilizer plant will provide our farmers with a reliable, long-term supply of locally produced fertilizers in place of imports from foreign countries. At the same time, the plant will create more North Dakota jobs and utilize locally produced natural gas. We will continue working to add value to our energy resources and to develop more agricultural inputs for North Dakota farmers.”

Gov. Dalrymple and CHS President and CEO Carl Casale announced plans to build the fertilizer plant during a news conference held at the state capital in Bismarck.

They were joined by Woody Barth, president of the North Dakota Farmers Union which has helped facilitate the project.

Casale said, “By pursuing this project, CHS would be making a significant, strategic investment that ensures consistent, domestic nitrogen fertilizer supply for our farmer-owners. Today CHS imports fertilizer products from 19 countries. Developing additional domestic crop nutrients sources closer to our customers is critical to meeting demand, improving our logistical and distribution expertise, and adding value for the farmers who count on us.”

Barth said, “The ability to deliver a reliable supply of fertilizer products in North Dakota and the region is a win-win for family farmers and our farmer-owned cooperative system. We are pleased that our organization’s initial market analysis and feasibility study for building a plant of this scope has allowed us to work closely with CHS, leading to today’s announcement.”

Preliminary plans call for building a plant that will produce 2,200 tons of ammonia fertilizer daily.

It will be distributed as anhydrous ammonia, urea and UAN liquid fertilizer to farm supply retailers and farmers in the Dakotas and parts of Minnesota, Montana and Canada.

The proposed plant will take advantage of abundant regional natural gas feedstock. It will employ between 100 and 150 people, with a tentative start-up in the second half of 2016.

Casale said CHS is in discussions with Great River Energy and the Jamestown Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC), which together own the Spiritwood property, to formalize project agreements related to the land and services to be provided by Great River Energy and JSDC.

CHS will continue working with Gov. Dalrymple’s office, the North Dakota Department of Commerce, JSDC, Jamestown city officials, Stutsman County, North Dakota Farmers Union and Great River Energy to move the project forward.

In addition, CHS has contracted with the engineering firms of CH2M Hill of Houston, Texas, and Kadmas, Lee and Jackson of Bismarck for on-site planning and related business and construction details.

CHS Inc. (www.chsinc.com) is a leading global agribusiness owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States.

Diversified in energy, grains and foods, CHS is committed to helping its customers, farmer-owners and other stakeholders grow their businesses through its domestic and global operations. CHS, a Fortune 100 company, supplies energy, crop nutrients, grain marketing services, livestock feed, food and food ingredients, along with business solutions including insurance, financial and risk management services.

The company operates petroleum refineries/pipelines and manufactures, markets and distributes Cenex® brand refined fuels, lubricants, propane and renewable energy products.

　

About the proposed Spiritwood Nitrogen Project

• Proposed for 200-acres in the Spiritwood Energy Park, a Jamestown/Stutzman Development Corporate industrial park, located about 10 miles east of Jamestown, N.D., and site of other agricultural and energy facilities.

• CHS has selected the site and will conduct a front-end engineering and design study before finalizing construction plans. CHS is investing $10 million in this first feasibility phase.

• Following further due diligence, necessary internal and external approvals, and a successful engineering study, CHS would move forward with the construction of the plant.

• Project cost is expected to be between $1.1 billion and $1.4 billion.

• Preliminary plans call for construction of a plant which will produce 2,200 tons of ammonia daily.

• The plant would supply anhydrous ammonia, urea and UAN liquid fertilizer to farm supply retailers and farmers in the Dakotas and parts of Minnesota, Montana and Canada.

• The proposed North Dakota plant takes advantage of abundant regional natural gas feedstock.

• Energy use:   Natural Gas: 75,000-80,000 MMBTU/day

 oElectrical use: 15-20 megawatts

• Would operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, year around, closing only for scheduled maintenance

 • Estimated 100-150 employees

 • Tentative start up second half of 2016

 • CHS will continue working with Governor Dalrymple’s office, the Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation, Jamestown city and Stutsman County officials, the North Dakota Farmers Union and Great River Energy

• Engineering firms CH2M Hill of Houston, Texas, and Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson of Valley Bismarck, N.D.,  on site planning and related business and construction details.

 

About Nitrogen fertilizer and CHS Crop Nutrients

 Crop nutrients (fertilizers) are applied to the soil to provide nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium required to raise healthy, profitable crops. Nitrogen fertilizer, in particular, is essential to modern, high yielding corn production.

 CHS sources and distributes crop nutrients to farm supply retailers and growers for soil application. CHS is recognized as a leading, global fertilizer industry company, committed to helping our farmer owners improve crop yield (bushels per acre) and profitability through:

 • A crop nutrients distribution system serving North America’s largest dealer network.

 • U.S., Asian, European and South American global origination operations sourcing product from 19 countries.

 • Global sales coordinated through CHS Europe in Geneva and supported by CHS international offices.

 • Strategic distribution assets, including a deep-water port, river, truck and rail facilities, inland crop nutrients terminals and retail locations throughout the U.S.

About CHS Inc.

CHS Inc. is the nation’s leading cooperative, owned by farmers, ranchers and co-ops across the United States. A diversified global energy, grains and foods business and a Fortune 100 company, CHS is committed to helping producers and member cooperatives grow their businesses through its domestic and global operations. CHS supplies energy, crop nutrients, grain marketing services, livestock feed, food and food ingredients, along with business solutions including insurance, financial and risk management services. The company operates petroleum refineries/pipelines and manufactures, markets and distributes Cenex® brand refined fuels, lubricants, propane and renewable energy products.

CHS Overview and financial highlights

 • Owned by 1,100 cooperatives, 50,000 producers (through CHS Service Centers) and 10,000 preferred stockholders.

 • More than 9,000 employees in the United States and 18 other countries.

 • Governed by 17-member board of directors consisting of farmers elected by cooperative- and producer-owners.

 • Net income for fiscal 2011 (ending August 31, 2011) of $961.4 million.

 • Net revenues for fiscal 2011 of $36.9 billion.

 • Cash returns to owners in 2012, based on fiscal 2011 earnings, are expected to total $421 million.

 • Value of preferred stock sold on NASDAQ (traded under CHSCP) more than $300 million

 

 KINDRED, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota stunt pilot who died while
practicing for the Valley City Air Show last week has been laid to rest.
     Hundreds of people turned out Wednesday for the funeral and burial of 66-year-old Bob Odegaard in Kindred.

He was remembered as a family man, a mentor and a legendary aviator who was as adept at restoring a vintage airplane as he was at flying dizzying
maneuvers.
One of Odegaard’s many performances around the country was a few weeks ago with the Texas Flying Legends, to honor former President George H.W. Bush on his birthday.
     Odegaard also once was a reality TV star.

In 2003, he teamed up with former Gov. Ed Schafer and another man for three episodes of The Learning Channel’s “Junkyard Wars.”

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota National Guard soldiers who
spent a year helping the multinational peacekeeping mission in
Kosovo are due back in the state Thursday.
     The 55 members of the Bismarck-based 112th Aviation Regiment
arrived at Camp Atterbury, Indiana late last week to go through the
demobilization process.
     The Guard says the soldiers are to return home today by bus,

expected to arrive in Jamestown about 1:30-p.m.

Other North Dakota cities are Fargo, and Bismarck, and Oakdale, Minnesota

     The soldiers helped organize and coordinate air missions in
Kosovo during their tour of duty.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Governor Jack Dalrymple (DAHL’-rimp-ul)
says more North Dakota counties have been declared agricultural
disaster areas due to drought.
     Farmers and ranchers in 33 counties now are eligible for federal
disaster aid and other programs.
     The 33 counties are: Adams, Barnes, Benson, Billings, Bowman,
Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Emmons, Foster, Golden Valley, Grand Forks,
Griggs, Hettinger, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, McKenzie,
Nelson, Pembina, Ramsey, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Sioux, Slope,
Stark, Steele, Stutsman, Traill, Walsh and Wells.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The state Capitol halls are being turned
into a shopping mall.
     Thursday is the annual Pride of Dakota Day at the North Dakota
Capitol building in Bismarck.

Dozens of businesses who take part in
the state Agriculture Department branding program will set up shop
to showcase their products.

     Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says more than 50 vendor
booths will fill the Capitol’s Memorial Hall, Legislative Hall and
West End ground floor.

The Capitol Cafe also is serving a special Pride of Dakota breakfast and lunch.

     More than 500 North Dakota companies are Pride of Dakota
members.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Production forecasts for North Dakota’s
soybean, corn and sugar beet crops have changed little over the
month. Production of all three crops is expected to be up
dramatically over the year.

Wet weather and flooding in 2011 cut into production of most crops in North Dakota.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The state Department of Mineral Resources
says North Dakota oil drillers produced a record 20.8 million
barrels of oil in July.
     That’s up more than 7.5 million barrels for the same month a
year ago.
     The agency says oil producers pumped an average of about 674,000
barrels each day in July. That’s up from about 660,000 barrels
daily in June.
     There were 7,467 producing wells in July, up from 7,352 in June.

     GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Grand Forks Mayor Mike Brown is
defending a $25,000 raise to one of the city’s department heads.
     Some city council members complained that the pay increase for
Pete Haga, the Grand Forks community and government relations
officer had been approved without the council knowing about it.
     Haga had been making $71,000 prior to the bump in pay. The raise
puts Haga on par with other department heads, most of whom earn
more than $100,000 a year.
     Brown says he did the right thing and says Haga “earns every penny of that salary.”
    

In sports…

North Dakota Class A and 9-Man football poll
By The Associated Press
Class A
Team (first-place votes) W-L Pts Pvs
1. Stanley-PL (11) 3-0 59 1
2. Heart River (1) 3-0 47 2
3. Oakes 3-0 28 3
4. Larimore 3-0 19 4
5. Hazen 2-1 17 5
Also receiving votes: Maple Valley-Enderlin (3-0) 5, Velva (1-2)
3, Harvey-Wells County (2-1) 2.
9-Man
Team (first-place votes) W-L Pts Pvs
1. Wyndmere-Lidge. (8) 4-0 56 1
2. North Star (4) 4-0 51 2
3. Divide County 4-0 34 3
4. Cavalier (1) 3-0 24 4
5. Hankinson 3-1 7 NR
Also receiving votes: Richland (3-1) 2, Shiloh Christian (4-0)
2, South Border (3-1) 2, Hillsboro (3-0) 1, New Rockford-Sheyenne
(3-0) 1.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A linebacker who was kicked off the North
Dakota State football team has pleaded not guilty to indecent
exposure.
Brandon Jemison did not appear in court Wednesday.

Defense attorney Bruce Quick entered the plea to the misdemeanor charge on Jemisons behalf.
     Judge Wade Webb set bond at $200 cash, which Quick posted.
Jemison could face up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine if
convicted.
     Jemison is accused of exposing himself in the presence of a
woman and child on July 27th at a Fargo mall.

He was later dismissed from the team for what coach Craig Bohl said was a
violation of team rules.

 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The University of North Dakota
volleyball team will be the school’s first team to play an official
Big Sky Conference game.

North Dakota is scheduled to play visiting Montana today.

The UND football team defeated Big Sky team Portland
State last weekend, but it wasn’t designated as a conference game.
    

 

MLB…

AMERICAN LEAGUE

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Billy Butler had three hits and three RBIs
last night in the Kansas City Royals’ 10-5 win over the Minnesota
Twins.

 Luke Hochevar won for the first time in eight starts despite
giving up five runs in five innings.

Twins outfielder Ryan Doumit was charged with three errors in the eighth to help the Royals put the game out of reach.

UNDATED (AP) – There’s still a two-way tie for first in the
American League East, while just one game separates the top two
clubs in the AL Central.
     The Orioles kept their share of the AL East lead by beating
Tampa Bay 3-2 on Nate McLouth’s RBI single with one out in the
bottom of the ninth.

McLouth had two hits and scored once for the
Birds, who blanked the Rays over the final six innings.
     Baltimore remains tied for first with the Yankees, who homered
three times in a 5-4 triumph at Boston.

 

Oakland is in a tie with Tampa Bay for the second wild-card
berth as A.J. Griffin scattered six hits in eight shutout innings
to lead the Athletics past the Angels 4-1 at Anaheim.

  Final  Seattle       3  Toronto         2
    Final  Texas         5  Cleveland       2
  Final  Detroit       8  Chi White Sox   6
     
 
    NATIONAL LEAGUE
 
  Final  Philadelphia    3  Miami          1
  Final  San Diego       3  St. Louis      2
  Final  Cincinnati      2  Pittsburgh     1
  Final  Washington      2  N-Y Mets       0
  Final  Chi Cubs        5  Houston        1
  Final  Milwaukee       8  Atlanta        2
  Final  San Francisco   8  Colorado       3
  Final  Arizona         3  L.A. Dodgers   2
 

 NEW YORK (AP) – Major League Baseball’s 2013 preliminary
schedule is out and includes several format changes caused by the
shift of the Houston Astros to the American League.

A National
League franchise for its first 51 seasons, the Astros start AL play
on April 2 when they host cross-state rival Texas.
     Houston moves from the NL Central to the AL West, creating six
divisions of five teams each. Under a move announced last November,
the Astros will become only the second team since 1900 to switch
leagues, following Milwaukee’s entry to the NL for the 1998 season.
     Because there will be 15 teams in each major league for the
first time, interleague play is necessary nearly every day.
     On April 1, the Cincinnati Reds will host the Los Angeles Angels
in the first interleague game ever on an opening day.

 

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Twins will start the 2013
season at home on April 1 against Detroit.

This is the first time since leaving the Metrodome that the Twins open the season at home.
The Twins host the New York Mets in mid-April for three of their 20
interleague games.

 

NHL-LABOR

     NEW YORK (AP) – The NHL and the players’ association have
swapped proposals in an effort to head off a lockout scheduled to
start this weekend. The two sides met for three hours.
     The NHLPA, led by executive director Donald Fehr (feer), made
its presentation in the morning. But that was quickly dismissed by
Commissioner Gary Bettman, who said it wasn’t much different than
earlier offers.
     Bettman then met with Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs, and
Murray Edwards of the Calgary Flames, and a new NHL offer was
handed back to the players’ association with a shelf life on it.
     Bettman says he made it clear that the league’s proposal “was
intended to lead to a deal before the weekend.” Bettman says if
there’s no agreement by the weekend, the league’s latest proposal
is off the table.
     The NHL board of governors will convene on Thursday with
Bettman, while the union holds a second day of discussions with as
many as 250 players.

 

NOTRE DAME
       SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) – Notre Dame is leaving the Big East. The
new home for the Fighting Irish, for all sports but football, will
be the Atlantic Coast Conference.

As part of the agreement the Irish will play five football games annually against ACC teams.

Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said in a statement
that the Irish will also have access to the ACC’s non-BCS bowl
tie-ins.
     The move allows the Irish to maintain football independence,
while the ACC is making an exception to its all-or-nothing
requirement for schools to be full members.
     Along with inviting Notre Dame, the ACC also says it has
increased its exit fees for the conference’s schools to three times
the league’s annual operation budget, which would currently come to
more than $50 million.

 

NBA-NETS
       NEW YORK (AP) – The Brooklyn Nets signed free-agent forward
Andray Blatche (blatch), after he was waived in July by Washington.
The Wizards designated him as the team’s amnesty player, enabling
them to remove the $23 million remaining on Blatche’s contract from
their salary cap.
     The 6-foot-11 Blatche averaged 8.5 points and 5.8 rebounds in 26
games last season for the Wizards. He missed the final 40 games
because of a calf injury.

 

In world and national news…

BRUSSELS (AP) – Egypt’s Islamist President says his country’s
people reject “unlawful acts” like embassy attacks. Mohammed
Morsi is vowing not to allow attacks on foreign embassies in Cairo.

Protesters clashed with police near the U.S. Embassy in the capital
Cairo for the third day in a row today.

And hundreds of protesters
in Yemen stormed the U.S. Embassy compound there in anger over an
anti-Islam film.
     
     DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The largest Middle East naval
exercise focused on countering the threat of anti-ship mines
involves the United States and more than two dozen allies.

The exercise begins next week and a wary Iran says it will be watching
closely.
     
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Investors are waiting for word today from the
Federal Reserve about whether it will take new action to jolt the
lackluster U.S. economy.

Many investors hope the Fed will take the bold step of launching a third bond-buying program.

The policymakers conclude a two-day meeting today.

     
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Keeping the government from shutting down at
the end of the month is on the House agenda today before lawmakers
leave Washington for the fall campaign.

Lawmakers are expected to vote for a six-month temporary spending bill.

The stopgap measure permits spending at a pace that’s $19 billion above the stringent budget plan authored by GOP vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul
Ryan of Wisconsin.
     
     PHILADELPHIA (AP) – With 54 days until Pennsylvanians help
decide who will be president, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court hears
arguments today about the state’s new law requiring each voter to
show a valid photo ID.

At issue is whether that poses an unnecessary threat to the right and ability to vote.