Cargill Opens New Premix and Nutrition Facility in Ohio
In January, Cargill opened a new premix animal nutrition facility in Lewisburg, Ohio. The 220,000 square-foot, future-ready facility is deploying advanced technology not previously used in animal agriculture or pet food production that allows the use of less resources to produce feed, while ensuring the highest quality and traceability of its products for Cargill customers, the company announced in a release.
Lewisburg West broke ground on November 8, 2018, and represents a $50-million investment in expanding Cargill’s existing feed production operations. The facility produces non-medicated feed and supports Cargill and Provimi branded animal nutrition premixes and products, along with additives and specialty and custom blends. The company estimates this facility will produce 154,000 tons of non-medicated animal nutrition products and premix across its production lines each year.
The facility includes a 160-ft steel premix tower, along with a new benchmark of automation and controls that provide precise measurements and traceability that exceed industry standards and significantly reduce cross contamination risks. Soft, flexible hoppers for micro-ingredient dosing provide gram-level precision in production, and stainless-steel design makes cleaning the systems easier and more effective, the release said.
Among several new features, the facility’s humidity and temperature controls, strict management of ingredients and plant access will further protect food safety as well as customers’ brands.
Each of the plants’ four segregated production lines can run a mix from start to finish in approximately one hour, providing increased capacity across Cargill’s network of feed facilities. As a non-medicated facility, Cargill says it allows for more support to livestock and poultry operations raising animals without the use of antibiotics and opens new opportunities for the company within the pet food market.
Hormel Foods Will Match 100 Percent of its Global Energy Use with Renewable Sourcing
Hormel Foods Corporation announced its new set of leading environmental sustainability goals, which are part of the company’s 20 By 30 Challenge. In continuing with its corporate responsibility leadership, the company says it will strive to achieve 20 corporate responsibility goals by 2030 and will report its progress annually. The company’s new goals follow its previous set of sustainability goals in which the company achieved significant reductions in its packaging, nonrenewable energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water use and solid waste sent to landfills.
The company’s new environmental sustainability goals include:
- Matching 100% of its global energy use with renewable sourcing.
- Establishing important science-based greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets by 2023.
- Taking action across its supply chain to improve water quality, including the support of regenerative agriculture initiatives.
Learn more at hormelfoods.com/responsibility/.
Tyson Foods Expands Iconic Wright® Brand Bacon Plant
Tyson Foods, Inc., is investing $26 million to expand production at the iconic WRIGHT® BRAND BACON facility in Vernon, Texas. Scheduled for completion by March of 2021, the expansion is expected to create 32 new jobs, bringing the total employment at the plant to more than 800.
The bacon category has seen volume growth, up 18% since 2017, with new people entering the category and existing buyers consuming more bacon, most recently due to an increase in at-home meals, Tyson said in a release. Surpassing category growth during this same time period, Wright Brand has increased volume by 29% as more buyers are introduced to the brand. The expansion is expected to satisfy current demand and allow room for additional growth.
The Wright Brand is known for its hand trimmed and thick-cut real wood smoked bacon. Flavors have been perfected through a 90-year proprietary curing recipe, Tyson said, featuring favorites including hickory smoked, applewood smoked, double smoke and maple flavored bacon.
Learn more at tysonfoods.com.
EW Nutrition Acquires Feed Quality and Pigment Business from Novus
EW Nutrition, a global provider of animal nutrition solutions, announced on Feb. 1 that it has acquired the Feed Quality and Pigments business from Novus International, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, EW Nutrition becomes the owner of world-renowned brands such as Santoquin feed preservative, SURF●ACE feed mill processing aid, and Agrado feed ingredient. The acquisition also gives EW Nutrition ownership of a state-of-the-art production facility in Constantí, Spain, according to a company release.
Dan Meagher, president and CEO of Novus International, Inc., explained that the sale is part of Novus’s Project Destiny, a multi-year plan to transform the company into the industry’s leading provider in animal health through nutrition solutions by focusing its resources on core platforms and emerging technologies.
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