Editing Fort Dodge, Iowa (section)

==Economy==
The major industries of Fort Dodge are [[biofuels]], livestock feed (especially [[corn]]), [[gypsum]] and [[limestone]] mining, can production, [[drywall]] manufacturing, trucking, the manufacture of [[veterinary]] [[pharmaceutical]]s and [[vaccine]]s, and retail.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

Gypsum rock is processed into drywall and plaster products at several Fort Dodge manufacturing facilities. Drywall was patented by a Fort Dodge resident, and the gypsum used to create the [[Cardiff Giant]] [[hoax]] of the late 19th century was mined at Fort Dodge. Currently [[National Gypsum Company]], [[Georgia Pacific Corporation]], [[Celotex]] Corporation (now CertainTeed corporation) and the [[United States Gypsum Company]] operate gypsum facilities in and around Fort Dodge.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

Fort Dodge is the home of Fort Dodge Animal Health (a division of [[Boehringer Ingelheim]]),<ref>[http://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/corporate/news/press_releases/detail.asp?ID=7035 Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health closes deal to acquire a significant portion of the Fort Dodge Animal Health Business from Pfizer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026143856/http://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/corporate/news/press_releases/detail.asp?ID=7035 |date=October 26, 2009 }}</ref> a major producer of [[pharmaceutical]]s and [[vaccine]]s for [[veterinarian]] use. The company's headquarters were moved from Fort Dodge to [[Overland Park, Kansas]] in 1995. Two of the company's three United States manufacturing plants are located in Fort Dodge.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

In 2022, [[Cargill]] announced it would build a [[corn syrup]] refinery in Fort Dodge.<ref>https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/22027-cargill-to-build-sustainable-corn-syrup-plant</ref>

At least three major national trucking companies (primarily flatbed carriers serving the drywall industry) are based in Fort Dodge. The city also serves as a retail center for North-Central Iowa.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

For most of the 20th century, [[meatpacking]] was a major industry in Fort Dodge. The last two large meatpacking plants (owned by [[Iowa Beef Processors]] and [[Hormel]]) closed during the 1980s, when such companies moved their facilities closer to beef production in western states such as the Dakotas. One of the laboratories of Fort Dodge Animal Health was built on the site of a former Hormel processing plant.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

The Fort Dodge Correctional Facility, a 1,250-bed medium-security state prison, opened in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fort Dodge Correctional Facility {{!}} Iowa Department of Corrections |url=https://doc.iowa.gov/about-us/about-institutions/fort-dodge-correctional-facility |website=doc.iowa.gov |publisher=Iowa Department of Corrections |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>