March 19, 2009
US turkey firm Moroni resumes full production
Utah-based Moroni Feed co. has resumed full production after suspending operations for nearly four months due to high grain prices.
Moroni's growers and employees are happy to return to production, said Moroni president Kent Barton.
While grain prices have somewhat corrected, Moroni remains concerned about the amount of corn that is channelled into ethanol production under government mandates and subsidy programmes, said Barton.
Moroni Feed Co., a key member of turkey marketing cooperative Norbest, is a fully integrated turkey producing and processing cooperative. All of Utah's five million commercially grown turkeys are raised by the 55 independent turkey producer-members of the co-op.
