August 21, 2018

 

Pork producer HyLife opens another feed mill in Manitoba, Canada

 

 

Leading Canadian pork producer HyLife recently opened a new feed mill in Killarney municipality in Manitoba province, Canada.

 

HyLife said the new feed mill showcases the company's "commitment to growth, innovation and integration" as it continues to strive to be the world's best food producer.

 

"It is really exciting," said Dave Penner, HyLife's chief operating officer, foods division, about the grand opening of the mill, which now gives the company a total of five feed mills with four in Manitoba and one in North Dakota, USA.

 

"The team at HyLife has done a tremendous job at pulling this all together. Not only on budget but ahead of schedule", Penner added.

 

Earlier in April, HyLife completed its processing plant in Neepawa municipality, also in Manitoba.

 

Mayor's welcome

 

Killarney-Turtle Mountain Mayor Rick Pauls welcomed HyLife's continued growth in southwestern Manitoba to meet the demands for high-quality pork in Japan.

 

"We are very excited with the opening of this new feed mill," said Pauls, who has been mayor for the past 12 years and who will be seeking a fourth term. "This is a huge investment in our community. "

 

HyLife said the new mill in Killarney is similar to HyLife's mill on Highway 52 West in Steinbach city.

 

The big difference between the two new state-of-the-art mills in Western Canada and traditional mills like the one HyLife uses in La Broquerie is that they produce a pellet-based feed compared with a mash-based feed. Despite more complexity in creating pellet feed, the new mills are rated for 250,000 tonnes of throughput annually. That is roughly 9,000 semi loads of input with another 9,000 loads delivered.

 

HyLife's feed production in southwestern Manitoba will now transition to Killarney from Kola's mill, which was able to produce 45,000 tonnes of pellet feed annually.