Flowery Branch Feed Mill Fact Sheet

History

The Flowery Branch feed mill was built in 1957 for the production of full line animal feeds. The feed mill is located in Hall County, Georgia and has approximately 9 acres of land.

We have a total of 27 management and hourly employees. Southern States purchased the plant from Gold Kist on October 13, 1998.

Current Business

Maximum tonnage capacity is 100,000 tons annually.

Current tonnage ratio is 72% bag and 28% bulk.

Annual feed tons per species:

• Aquaculture: 800 tons
  
• Beef Feed: 24,500 tons
  
• Dairy Bag: 490 tons
  
• Dairy Bulk: 3,400 tons
  
• Grains and Ingredients: 6,390 tons
  
• Horse: 12,900 tons
  
• Pet Foods: 1,385 tons
  
• Poultry Feed: 18,700 tons
  
• Specialty Feeds/Hay/Straw: 820 tons
  
• Swine Bag: 7,000 tons

Our Liquid feed tonnage is 3,626 tons annually, with 2 trucks delivering.

Transportation Capabilities

We are served by the Norfolk Southern railroad.

We have (5) bulk trucks with (3) bulk trailers and (3) liquid supplement tankers.

UPS/Overnight delivers our bagged feed.

Storage Capabilities

• 100,000 bushels grain storage
  
• 72,000 cubic feet of soft stock storage
  
• 18,000 cubic feet of process feed storage (pellet and bagging)
  
• 730 tons bulk feed storage
  
• 700 tons bag feed storage
  
• 34 ingredient bins live to batching on 3 separate scales

1 Inglett & Company duplex bag line with Fast Trac II controls: Recently installed Columbia Okura Robotic Stacking system.

2 warehouses: feed warehouse is 22,000 square feet (includes bagging and micro additive preparation areas). Detached warehouse is 7,600 square feet (jobbing items and paper supplies).

Process control system is Interstates Control (ICSI) with automated pelleting (3 pellet mills) and all down-streaming routing.

We have over 450 current formulas.

Quality Control Features

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

Awards Received

• 163,000 Man-Hours with No Lost Time Accidents

Territory Served

Our territory covers north Georgia, South Carolina and central north Alabama. Georgia territory shared with the Valdosta feed mill. Our product forum is 60% pellets/ crumbles, with mash/textured feeds and scratch making up the 40% balance.