December 30, 2013
ADM builds acid oil feed additive plant in Illinois, US
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is building a plant within its Decatur, Illinois processing complex to manufacture "acid oil", which allows livestock feeders to use less grain in their animals' feed rations.
ADM plans to invest more than US$6.5 million on the Decatur facility, which will have a production capacity of 800,000 pounds per day, and will include a new loading station for trucks and railcars. The facility is slated for completion in the second half of 2014.
A pound of acid oil contains approximately two-and-a-half times the calories of a pound of corn, ADM said. This allows livestock producers to save costs by substituting acid oil for a portion of the grain normally used in animal feed. Acid oil is also used in industrial applications, such as lubricants. The Decatur facility will produce acid oil from the raw soap stock that is a naturally occurring co-product of the vegetable oil-refining process.
The facility will further refine crude vegetable oil into an acidulated form that improves the nutritional value of animal feeds and can allow livestock feeders to use less grain. ADM currently produces the feed ingredient at refineries in Enderlin, North Dakota, US; Quincy, Illinois; and Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
