NEWS 90 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE December 2022 House of Raeford opens Louisiana feed mill Wynnstay acquires feed supplier Tamar Milling Wynnstay, UK-based agricultural supplies group, has announced that it has acquired Tamar Milling Limited, a manufacturer and supplier of blended feed products in Whitstone, Cornwall. Tamar Milling supplies a range of mixed feed rations for dairy cows, cattle, and sheep, mainly in the southwest of England. Tamar also operates a successful ‘on-farm’ grain milling service for farmers wanting to use home-grown or purchased grain in their livestock rations. Following its acquisition, Tamar’s founder, Nick Furse, will join Wynnstay in a senior commercial feed role and continue to lead Tamar’s operations. The acquisition of Tamar is part of Wynnstay’s continued strategy to develop its offering to customers in the southwest of England, where it already has a network of depots and a field-based team of specialists. It also establishes Wynnstay with its first feed manufacturing facility in the region, enabling it to provide its own bulk feed offering in the area. “Tamar is a long-established, high-quality manufacturer and supplier of blended animal feed and ‘on-farm’ grain milling services to farmers in the southwest of England. Like Wynnstay, it places a strong emphasis on customer service and has a significant customer base," said Gareth Davies, Chief Executive Officer of Wynnstay Group plc. Read more>> House of Raeford Farms announced the opening of a multi-storey, reinforced concrete, state-of-the-art feed mill capable of producing 12,500 tons of feed per week in Simsboro, Louisiana. New technology in the mill will help production workers make more efficient and constructive use of their time. The new mill is spacious with an abundance of warehouse storage and room to work. Whole grain storage capacity will increase from 60,000 bushels to 650,000 bushels, finish feed capacity will increase from 900 tons to 5,524 tons, and pellet capacity will double. The larger inventory capacity will allow long, sustainable production runs yielding improved efficiency. The company representative said: "In addition, with an increase in available inventory capacity, there will be a reduction in production days from seven days a week to five. The decrease in production days will afford time for routine preventative maintenance procedures on the mill as well as our feed haul fleet. Other benefits include an increase in feed pellet quality, more consistency in feed delivery, and much more." Read more>>
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