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Cargill to Rebuild Chambersburg Feed Plant

Rebuilding the Pennsylvania feed depot to start this month.
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Published: Sep 6, 2010
On Friday, Cargill announced that the company will rebuild the Letterkenny Feed Depot that was destroyed by a fire in February. According to Cargill officials, the rebuild will include many upgrades to the mill's capabilities. 

"While the physical damage to the mill was severe, the event could not dissuade us from recognizing the tremendous loyalty shown by regional livestock producers for our products since the fire," said Rob Sheffer, regional general manager for Cargill Animal Nutrition. Despite the fire, Cargill maintained its entire customer base by providing service via its other production facilities in Lebanon and Martinsburg, Pa.

Construction of the new mill is expected to commence in September, with feed manufacturing production going online by next spring. The new mill will possess an annual production capacity in excess of 100,000 tons. It'll also be equipped with upgraded features, including a computerized batch-mixing system, and fully automated grinding and receiving systems.

The facility also will have one of the most advanced short-mixing systems in the industry. It'll feature computerized bar coding that tracks micro-ingredient levels used in preparing feed formulations.



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