MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, US — Cargill is expanding its retail feed operations with the construction of a production facility in Granger, Washington, US, focused on current and potential agricultural retail locations in the region. Cargill broke ground on the project in early May with an anticipated operating date of fall 2024.

The Granger retail feed operation will be a standalone facility on the same site as Cargill’s bulk dairy feed mill. The facility will house pellet mills, packaging lines, a spacious warehouse, office space, breakrooms and locker rooms for employees. Initially, the facility will be capable of producing more than 125,000 tonnes of feed annually, which will be packaged and sold under Cargill’s Nutrena brand and many customers’ brands. 

“The new Granger retail feed facility expands our existing retail feed footprint, enabling us to better service our retail customers and their farm and ranch customers in the Pacific Northwestern region,” said Mariano Berdegue, regional managing director for Cargill Animal Nutrition – North America. “As we seek to serve the needs of consumers where and when they shop, we are growing with retailers who are meeting those needs both in-store and online.” 

Cargill anticipates the new facility will bring 15 to 20 jobs new jobs to the local community, offer a new opportunity for local farmers to sell their crops and eliminate more than 2 million truck miles and 5,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually.

Cargill’s Animal Nutrition business has about 20,000 employees at 240 location in 40 countries producing nearly 18 million tonnes of feed annually for a broad portfolio of feed products.