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Biodiesel plant planned in N. Dakota

Archer Daniels Midland Co. says it has chosen Velva, a McHenry County town of about 1,000, for its first wholly owned U.S. biodiesel plant. It is the second biodiesel plant announced in North Dakota this year.

The Velva plant will be next to a canola crushing facility owned by Decatur, Ill.-based ADM, one of the world’s largest agricultural processing companies.

ADM said the plant will produce 50 million gallons of the vegetable-based fuel each year.

Spokeswoman Karla Miller said ADM is not disclosing the cost of the plant, though Gov. John Hoeven said the company plans to invest at least $30 million in building, equipment and labor. Miller said the plant would create jobs but not a large number of them – "maybe a dozen, maybe two dozen."

Groundbreaking could happen as early as November, though the completion date depends on final engineering and approval of the necessary permits, Miller said.

Hoeven said the plant will use the equivalent of 600,000 acres of canola each year.

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