Farmville Feed Mill Fact Sheet

History

The Farmville feed mill was built in 1991 replacing the former FCX Mill built in 1960. Farmville was designed to serve the swine and aquaculture industries in eastern North Carolina.

The mill is located in Pitt County and has approximately 21 acres.

We have a total of (31) team members; (21) production, (3) maintenance, (3) drivers and (4) administrative employees.

Current Business

Total tonnage annually is 66,000 tons.

Current tonnage ratio is 30% bag and 70% bulk.

Annual feed tons per species:

• Aquaculture: 78 tons
  
• Beef Feed: 1,680 tons
  
• Dairy Bag: 26 tons
  
• Dairy Bulk: 1,273 tons
  
• Horse: 2,299 tons
  
• Pet Foods: 34 tons
  
• Poultry Feed: 6,706 tons
  
• Specialty Feeds/Hay/Straw: 130 tons
  
• Swine Bag: 108 tons
  
• Grains and Ingredients Bag: 351 tons
  
• Grains and Ingredients Bulk: 123 tons

Transportation Capabilities

We are served by the CLNA railroad.

We have (1) straight truck and (2) tractor trailers. Bulk feed delivery is handled by Circle T Trucking.

UPS/Overnight delivers bagged feed to our stores and dealers.

Storage Capabilities

• 350,000 bushel grain ingredient storage
  
• 32 bins live to batching with
  
• 127,402 cubic feet storage
  
• 25,000 cubic feet of finished feed storage in pellet and bagging processes
  
• 750 tons of bulk feed storage

1 Inglett & Company duplex bag line with Fast Trac II controls and auto stacker for 15 inch mini-pallets.

Warehouse is 25,500 square feet with loading pier using 6 loading positions.

Process control system is Interstates Control (ICSI) with automated pelleting and all down streaming routing. Full-mill automation.

We have over 480 current formulas.

Quality Control Features

• HACCP certified through Facility Certification Institute/AFIA.
• ICSI Barcode/Hand-add system.

Awards Received

• 50,652 Man-Hours with No Lost Time Accidents
  
• AFIA Truck Fleet of the Year
  
• AFIA Mill of the Year Semi-Finalist and Honorable Mention multiple times

Territory Served

Our territory covers North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

Number of Stores Served: 51 (Retail Services 11, Co-ops 4, Dealers 36). Our product forum is 80% pellets/ crumbles, with mash/textured feeds and scratch making up the 20% balance.