Lake City Ammo Plant in Cross Hairs of Proposed Budget Cuts

Photo: An aerial view of the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, which sprawls across almost 4,000 acres. Photo courtesy of Winchester Ammunition. Article by Cami Koons. Flatland – August 5, 2021.

INDEPENDENCE, Missouri – For Diana Dierking, Lake City Army Ammunition Plant is a family tradition.

She started at the plant 19 years ago, following in the footsteps of her mother, who worked at the Lake City facility for almost 40 years. Dierking met her husband there. She works with her sister, her brother-in-law, uncle, cousin – the list goes on.

Now, Dierking fears for the future of her family as rumors of layoffs ricochet through the plant.

Lake City Army Ammunition Plant is the only government-owned plant producing small caliber ammunition, making it the primary source for the bullets that fought recent wars in […]

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