January 25, 2008

Dairy feed plant expands in Texas

Wisconsin-based, Quality Liquid Feeds (QLF), opened its new liquid supplement manufacturing plant at Hereford, Texas at the start of 2008.

The plant, which initiated operations on January 1, plans to expand capabilities to meet market needs in New Mexico, western Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado.

Merlyn Kruger, QLF vice president of manufacturing, said the full capacity is projected to be 100,000 tonnes.

The company expressed plans to add more specific mixers to make specialized products for regional needs. Kruger expects expansion to be wrapped up March 1.

The Texas plant offers dairy total mixed ration supplements, cow/calf supplements and specialized mill products for appearance and palatability enhancement of texturized feeds and other mill manufactured products.

QLF, with corporate headquarters at Dodgeville, Wisconsin, has 10 manufacturing plants across the US. It has a full-line liquid feed organization serving the animal feeding industry in 37 states and portions of Canada.

QLF-branded products are also sold in the UK through Landowner Nutrition UK.