The facility has the capacity to produce 250,000 metric tonnes per year of feed, and according to Cargill officials, will be a valuable addition to Cargill’s network of eastern European animal feed plants.
The feed mill forms part of Cargill’s cluster of facilities at Efremov, which include corn and wheat sweeteners plants, a vegetable oil refinery, a bottling facility and a malt plant.
“The total integration of these manufacturing facilities at one site will benefit our new feed mill, as co-products from the other plants will be used to produce animal feed,” said Andrew Glass, Cargill’s country representative in Russia.
He indicated that the new feed mill will produce nutritional feed and value-added ingredients that can be added to customers’ existing animal feed.
“Cargill is committed to providing high-quality and nutritious products, not only to the food industry, but also to the animal livestock industries,” said Glass. “This latest investment reinforces our commitment to the Tula region and to primary processing in Russia. We can now apply our global knowledge and expertise to the local feed industry, in the process keeping value within Russia. We’re confident this feed mill will bring significant benefits for our customers in the dairy farming communities throughout western Russia for many years to come.”
Source: Cargill
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