On Monday, April 22nd LG&E unveiled a recycling facility at their Mill Creek Generating Station that will turn coal byproducts into agricultural fertilizer.  The move appears to capitalize on the use of coal fly ash as a soil amendment in agricultural systems.  The Center for Applied Energy Research at the University of Kentucky currently conducts various research efforts on the uses of coal fly ash, including its use as an agricultural fertilizer.  Combined with the recent explosion at a fertilizer plant in Texas, this could result in a positive diversification of agricultural inputs.  See the original article at http://www.wkyt.com/news/headlines/Kentucky-plant-to-make-fertilizer-from-coal-byproducts-204064151.html.  Additional information on the alternative uses of coal fly ash at CAER can be found at http://www.caer.uky.edu/kyasheducation/index.html and http://www.flyash.info/2003/28mit.pdf.