Harrisonburg Feed Mill Fact Sheet
History
The Harrisonburg feed mill was built in 1958 and is leased by Southern States from Rockingham Farm Bureau (RFB) since 1975. The mill is located in Rockingham County and is joined to the RFB retail facility.
We have a total of (20) team members; (12) production, (2) maintenance, (3) administrative and (3) trucking employees.
Current Business
Maximum tonnage capacity is 100,000 tons annually with current product mix.
Harrisonburg is 100% bulk only business.
Annual feed tons per species:
- Beef Feed: 15,413 tons
- Dairy Bag: 189 tons
- Dairy Bulk: 21,447 tons
- Horse: 1,101 tons
- Pet Foods: 4 tons
- Poultry Feed: 21,227 tons
- Specialty Feeds/Hay/Straw: 232 tons
- Grain and Ingredients: 1,254 tons
- Swine Bulk: 32 tons
Transportation Capabilities
We are served by the Norfolk Southern railroad.
We have (1) bulk tractor, (3) bulk straight trucks and (1) bulk feed trailer.
Bazzell Trucking provides 3 bulk trucks and handles the balance of all bulk delivery from the Harrisonburg mill.
Storage Capabilities
- 35,000 cubic feet of grain and
process ingredient storage
- 26 bins live to batching with
- 64,000 cubic feet of storage
- 3,500 cubic feet of finished feed
storage in pellet source bins
- 476 tons of bulk feed storage in 22 bins
Warehouse is 8,900 square feet for micro-ingredients.
Process control system is WEM Batch/ mix with downstream routing.
We have 450 current formulas.
Quality Control Features
- HACCP certified through Facility Certification Institute /AFIA.
Awards Received
- 455,555 Man-Hours with No Lost
Time Accidents over 13 years
- AFIA Truck Fleet of the Year, Semi- Finalist and Honorable Mention
Territory Served
Our territory covers Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland.
Number of Stores Served: 36
(Retail Services 17, Co-ops 12, Dealers 7,
Perdue Farms 275 tons/week).
Our product forum is 56% pellets/
crumbles, with mash/textured feeds making up the 44% balance.
