The Cattlemen’s Heritage Beef Co. finalized the acquisition of the 132-acre website of its deliberate 2,000-head per day beef-processing facility in Mills County, Iowa, on Dec. 30.
“I’m very appreciative of the cooperation, flexibility, persistence and professionalism that the homeowners, their representatives and officers in Mills County demonstrated all through this course of,” says Chad Tentinger, principal developer. “Land purchases for initiatives of this dimension usually take fairly some time to finish and so they usually have unexpected challenges, however everybody labored collectively very effectively from Day 1 and thru negotiations till ultimate paperwork had been signed.”
The positioning is on the northwest quadrant of the Interstate 29 and Bunge Highway intersection, simply south of the Pottawattamie-Mills County line. Groundbreaking will happen this 12 months.
“A facility of our dimension and scale requires a sure degree of infrastructure and public utilities. Along with these necessities, this website checks all of the bins for logistics with regards to the extent of truck site visitors for cattle and uncooked items coming into the plant, and processed items leaving the ability,” he says. “Its proximity to I-80 is one other logistical plus. With the eventual want for as much as 800 staff, its location within the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan statistical space is one other precious attribute.”
Different ag services close by
Tentinger notes that the positioning is zoned for industrial growth with emphasis on agribusiness-type operations, Bunge North America operates a soybean processing facility on the alternative facet of Interstate 29, simply east of the Cattlemen’s Heritage website. An ethanol plant is close by.
“Our facility and its state-of-the-art operations match the neighborhood, however we’ll even be placing our greatest foot ahead when it comes to a beautiful public-facing design,” Tentinger says.
The corporate final 12 months chosen Gross-Wen Applied sciences, a number one algae-based wastewater therapy firm, to supply contained therapy on the website. The know-how will seize and offset a number of thousand tons of carbon dioxide per 12 months from the ambiance.
“That’s the equal of avoiding using 242,000 gallons of gasoline yearly,” Tentinger says. “The nitrogen and phosphorus that it’s going to get better might be transformed into precious, pure fertilizer for reuse by space farmers as a part of our aim to create a carbon-neutral footprint.”
The land’s sale worth was not disclosed.
Supply: Cattlemen’s Heritage Beef
