FERTILIZER OPTIONS

LIQUID FERTILIZER

The Lowe location for the Garden City Co-op is the primary storage and blending facility for all other locations as well as for customer delivery. With over 10,000 tons of storage, we strive to meet the needs of our customers when the demand arises. We have in stock 28% & 32% UAN liquid nitrogen, 10-34-0 liquid phosphate, 28-0-0-5, 12-0-0-26 liquid sulfur, chelated zinc, and most other liquid micro-nutrient products.

Off site storage is also utilized to insure supplies of liquid fertilizer are available during the busy seasonal runs that occur. We are also fortunate to be located within a couple hundred miles of two or three major manufacturers of UAN liquid nitrogen. We also take advantage of rail delivery of phosphoric acid to be able to react our own 10-34-0 phosphate fertilizer on site.

Three spray rigs are available for custom application of both liquid fertilizer and chemicals and service the entire Garden City Co-op trade area. Currently, two units are stationed at and dispatched through the Lowe location and one is located at Dighton.  

The Garden City Co-op owns and maintains a fleet of liquid tender trucks, both tandem straight trucks and semi’s, to be able to deliver liquid fertilizer to our customers on a timely basis.  These units not only deliver direct to customers, they also service our spray rig units and our toolbar units. We also have the option to direct ship liquid from our terminals to customers who farm further from a facility at very competitive prices.

DRY FERTILIZER

Lowe and Hooker are the only locations in the Garden City Co-op system to store and handle dry fertilizer. Between the two is over 4,000 tons of storage including urea (46-0-0) nitrogen, MAP (11-52-0),  potash (0-0-60), 40 Rock (12-40-0-6.1-1), 0-0-0-90S dry sulfur, and 35.5% dry Zinc Sulfate. Most other micronutrients are available in a dry blend also. An eight ton dry blender with all the support loading equipment prepares the fertilizer to go to the field for our custom application units or our customer units.

Two Row Unit Dry rigs are utilized for custom application of dry fertilizer on customers fields - one located at Lower and one at Dighton. These rigs are multi bin to do variable rate with multiple products.  They are operated by two experienced drivers and are capable of covering a lot of ground in a short period of time. They are supported by a fleet of five dry tender tandem trucks as well as a dry semi tender truck.

ANHYDROUS AMMONIA

The Garden City Co-op is a large supplier of anhydrous ammonia (82-0-0) in our trade area. There are seven ammonia plants in the trade area: Tennis, Lowe, Askren, Plymell, Compton, Rock Island and Dighton locations with 1800 tons of storage combined between storage and nurse tanks.

GCC can direct ship loads to customers with their own tanks at a reduced price.