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   March __, 2002
Dennis L. Yakobson       Officer and Director

(signature)
- ----------------------   Vice President, Chief        March __, 2002
Ronald C. Butz           Operating Officer,
                         Secretary and Director

(signature)
- ----------------------   Director                     March __, 2002
John J. Ball

(signature)
- ----------------------   Director                     March __, 2002
John P. Diesel

(signature)
- ----------------------   Vice President - Finance,    March __, 2002
James P. Samuels         Chief Financial Officer

(signature)
- ----------------------   Director                     March __, 2002
Douglas L. Sheeran

(signature)
- ----------------------   Director                     March __, 2000
Erich W. Tiepel