New fertilizer plant to open near Brockville in fall 2024
MAITLAND — A $25-million fertilizer plant has broken ground at Maitland as Eastern Ontario-based V6 Ag moves production of its multi-compound granular fertilizers out of Europe.
For the last seven years, the small company headquartered in North Augusta, northeast of Brockville, has been importing its custom granular fertilizers made by a contracted European manufacturer.
“After completing a lengthy feasibility study, it was a logical, natural progression for us to grow our business and bring production home,” company founder and president Ryan Brophy told Farmers Forum.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting sanctions against Belarus — an important fertilizer supplier to Brophy’s European contractor — also played a role in the decision to on-shore production in Canada, he said.
Set to go online in the fall of 2024, the 58-acre plant site is located east of the Invista (formerly Dupont) chemical factory and west of the historic blue church on Highway 2, between Brockville and Prescott.