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Platinum Crush opened in May of this year near Alta and began purchasing soybeans soon after.

ALTA — It’s been nearly five months since Platinum Crush began its business of processing soybeans in Buena Vista County, just northwest of Alta.

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Mason Dockter | Nov 11, 2023 | Sioux City Journal

ALTA, Iowa — The roughly $375 million Platinum Crush soybean processing plant in Alta is on track to be […]

Platinum Crush soy processing facility takes shape near Alta

By DARCY DOUGHERTY MAULSBY – Farm News writer | Aug 26, 2023

ALTA — In late August 2021, […]

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig on Tuesday toured the Platinum Crush soybean crushing plant that’s under construction between Storm Lake and Alta.

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Erik  Lightner, CEO of Platinum Crush shares his vision to create a first-in-class soybean processing facility that will put Northwest Iowa in the center of the global […]

ALTA — It’s been two months since Erik Lightner and his wife arrived in northwest Iowa, and his home is only a quarter mile from the Platinum Crush plant where he holds […]

Alta — Erik Lightner, an ag industry professional with nearly 30 years of experience in oilseed processing and engineering, has been named CEO of Platinum Crush, LLC, the […]

ALTA, IOWA, US — Newly-formed Platinum Crush, LLC is planning to invest $350 million to build a new soybean crushing plant in Buena Vista County near Alta, Iowa, US. The […]