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Terra Industries, Inc., Company Information

Company Information
Terra Facilities
- Terra operates more than 425 farm service centers and maintains a network
of about 840 affiliated dealers.
- Terra operates five nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing plants located
in Blytheville, Arkansas; Courtright, Ontario; Sioux City, Iowa; Verdigris,
Oklahoma; and Woodward, Oklahoma.
- Terra owns and operates two methanol manufacturing facilities located
in Beaumont, Texas and Woodward, Oklahoma.
Terra Products
- Terra produces and distributes fertilizer, crop protection products,
seed and services, including its own Riverside® line of pesticides
and Terra® brand seed.
- Terra manufacturing plants produce 1.0 million tons of merchant anhydrous
ammonia, 3.8 million tons of nitrogen solutions, and 715,000 tons of urea
annually.
- Terra's methanol plants produce 320 million gallons of methanol annually.
Terra's Market Position
Plant Production Products
- Terra operates the largest independent farm service center network
in North America.
- 70% of Terra's distribution sales are to growers; the remainder is
to other agricultural product dealers.
- 7% of Terra's distribution sales are to customers in the turf, ornamental
and vegetation management industry.
Nitrogen Products
- Terra is the largest nitrogen solutions producer and the fourth largest
ammonia manufacturer in North America.
- Terra sells its nitrogen products primarily to agricultural dealers.
- About 13% of Terra's output is sold to industrial users.
Methanol
- Methanol is sold primarily to industrial customers as a component in
oxygenated fuels or as a feedstock for other chemical processes.
- Terra serves approximately 13% of the U.S. methanol market.
Terra's Enviromnental Responsibility
- Since 1987, when EPA emissions reporting began, Terra has invested
almost $15 million in its nitrogen manufacturing plants to improve air
and water quality.
- Since 1987, Terra has reduced emissions almost 75% at its nitrogen
manufacturing plants.
Terra's Economic Impact
- Terra reported $2.3 billion in revenues in 1996.
- Terra employs 3,600 people in the U.S. and Canada.
- Terra's total payroll is about $150 million.
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