Exhibit 24
                        GENERAL POWER OF ATTORNEY

       KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears
  below, hereby authorizes, constitutes and appoints Dennis L. Yakobson and
  Ronald C. Butz and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
  agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
  his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this
  Registration Statement for the registration under the Securities Act of
  1933, as amended, of securities of Rentech, Inc. and any and all
  pre-effective and post-effective amendments to this Registration
  Statement, together with any and all exhibits thereto and other documents
  required to be filed with respect hereto and thereto and to file the same
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other regulatory
  authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of
  them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
  thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as
  fully to all intends and purposes as he might or could do in person,
  hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
  agents and each of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
  lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof and incorporate such
  changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate.

  Signature                Title                        Date

  (signature)
  ----------------------   President, Chief Executive   April 12, 2000
  Dennis L. Yakobson       Officer and Director

  (signature)
  ----------------------   Vice President, Chief        April 12, 2000
  Ronald C. Butz           Operating Officer,
                           Secretary and Director

  (signature)
  ----------------------   Director                     April 12, 2000
  John J. Ball

  (signature)
  ----------------------   Director                     April 12, 2000
  John P. Diesel

  (signature)
  ----------------------   Vice President - Finance,    April 12, 2000
  James P. Samuels         Chief Financial Officer

  (signature)
  ----------------------   Director                     April 12, 2000
  Douglas L. Sheeran

  (signature)
  ----------------------   Director                     April 12, 2000
  Erich W. Tiepel