Basin Fertilizer’s roots go back to the fall of 1975 when Bob Gasser and Chris Moudry left Valley Nitrogen Producers to open the new business. Jim Shuck also joined as a partner after spending twenty years with Walker Ag in Merrill. With youthful exuberance and a firm desire to provide excellent service to the Basin farm community—Shuck, Gasser, and Moudry opened for business with two employees, a pull sprayer, and four anhydrous ammonia applicators on one acre of land purchased from Chevron Oil.