Feed & Additive Magazine Issue 22 November 2022

NEWS 10 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE November 2022 Scoular, a multi-generational agribusiness serving farmers since 1892, has reached an agreement to acquire Walker Products’ grain handling facility in Lincoln, Kansas. Scoular and Walker expect the acquisition to close in the coming weeks. The facility offers 1 million bushels of storage for wheat, milo, soybeans and corn, with access to rail. The Walker family has owned the central Kansas country elevator since 1954. “Craig Walker and his wife Donna are great allies to area farmers, as well as the Lincoln community,” said Scoular Regional Manager Brian Ring. “Scoular’s goal is to uphold the high standard of integrity and compassion set by the Walker family in this community.” Scoular, headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, operates a Midwestern grain handling network that includes more than 50 facilities in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska. The Lincoln operation will become part of Scoular’s Solomon Valley group, which includes facilities within a 50-mile radius in Salina, Minneapolis, Ada and Downs, Kansas. Scoular to acquire Walker Products’ facility in Kansas Cargill strengthens presence in Ecuadorian shrimp feed market After partnering with Naturisa S.A. in 2015 to bring world-class nutritional formulation expertise to Ecuador, Cargill is now partnering with Skyvest EC Holdings S.A. to meet the growing demand for premium feed for shrimp farming. Cargill, together with its partner Naturisa S.A., has reached an agreement to partner with Skyvest EC Holding S.A. to create a new joint venture that will serve Ecuadorian shrimp farmers’ increasing demand for high-quality shrimp feed. Cargill first brought its worldclass nutrition formulation expertise to Ecuador in 2015 when it partnered with shrimp-farming company Naturisa to build and operate a shrimp-feed manufacturing facility under the name Aquacargill del Ecuador. “Since that time, the Ecuadorian shrimp farming industry has continued to grow, and there is a need to meet the increased demand for high-quality feed,” said Helene Ziv-Douki, president of Cargill’s aqua nutrition business. Through this new joint venture with Skyvest, Cargill will expand its shrimp-feed production capabilities to own and operate the shrimp-feed production facility currently owned by Skyvest subsidiary Empagran—located in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The feed plant that will be operated by Cargill was built in 2018, has a production capacity of 156,000 metric tons and employs more than 200 people. Skyvest’s shrimp-feed production facility in Guayaquil, Ecuador | Photos courtesy of Empagran

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