Cargill’s Diamond in the
Desert
This demand is not happenstance.
Customers’ recognize the need for
improved nutrition and products from
first rate mills. Technological advanceCargill’s commitment to manufacturments in equine nutrition require that
ing the highest quality Nutrena brandmanufacturing facilities be state of the
ed feed products for animal owners
art.
across Arizona could not be more
“Twenty year old nutrition technology
evident than the world class feed manwill not cut it in today’s market,” says
ufacturing facility they built in Casa
McMurry.
Grande, Arizona. Where once stood
Manufacturing a nationally recognized All of this superior manufacturing
an old, outdoor-style feed mill, now
technology is supported by an equally
brand like Nutrena takes a commitstands a 202 foot-tall, ultra modern,
ment to excellence, so after purchasing modern and impressive research facilislip-form concrete feed manufacturing
ty, the Cargill Feed and Nutrition Innothe assets of Eagle Milling planning
facility like few others in the United
for a new mill began. Groundbreaking vation Center in Elk River, Minnesota.
States and no others in the Southwest.
on the new mill took place in Septem- The Innovation Center is where Cargill
ber 2008 and after eighteen months of developed Smart Grain™ Formulation
and the Nutri-Bloom™ technology
construction the new mill began profound in all SafeChoice equine feeds.
duction in April 2010. Cargill continued to operate the old mill throughout
construction, but since April, the old
mill has been torn down. After completion of the new mill in 2010 Cargill
managers were faced with a decision,
continue producing the Arizona Feeds
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nationally recognized Nutrena branded
Grande, Arizona is a consumer packaged
goods business servicing Ag retailers in Arizoproducts.
na with a full line of animal nutrition prod“We recognize that Ag retail is far dif- [Caption: Cargill Feed and Nutrition Innovaucts.
ferent than the commercial dairy busi- tion Campus in Elk River, Minnesota.]
Cargill’s feed manufacturing
ness and it takes more than a mixer
facility is a landmark seen from miles and pellet mill to service today’s con“SafeChoice is the most techaway and is not only a footprint in the sumers in the retail channel, it takes a
nologically advanced, fastest growing
desert, but in the market as well. The
equine product line in not only Arizoquality production facility and strong
plant serves a variety of markets, so
na, but the entire United States’” states
national brand,” explains McMurry.
the new mill operates a pelleted feed
The feed business is changing rapidly. Dr. McMurry.
line, a textured feed line, a block press, Servicing the needs of consumers in
Triple Crown Nutrition, the super preand three packaging lines and offers a the lifestyle livestock and poultry, and mium equine brand in the U.S., recog48,000 square foot warehouse for fincompanion animal market through the nized Cargill’s quality and consistency
ished bagged feeds. Inside the mil are retail channel is growing. Consumers
and recently awarded the exclusive
the latest in computerized control sys- are better educated and have more
manufacturing and distribution rights
tems to insure the integrity of mixing
diverse needs than ever before. Ag re- for their prestigious brand to the Casa
and pelleting processes and the quality tailers are more than feed dealers; they Grande facility. In October Cargill beand consistency of finished feed.
are purveyors of service and a superior gan production of Triple Crown brand“We are a consumer packaged
consumer shopping experience requir- ed products in Arizona.
goods business servicing animal own- ing high quality, nationally recognized When it comes to manufacturing and
ers, to do that we must make every
distributing the highest quality, most
products.
effort to insure that product quality and Today’s consumers recognize and
consistent animal nutrition products
consistency are the corner stone of our demand the quality and consistency
in the industry, Cargill Feed and Nubrands,” say Dr. Bryan McMurry.
trition’s Casa Grande feed mill shines
found in Nutrena branded products
like a diamond in the desert.
like, SafeChoice and Nature Wise.