Prior to 2016, the Feed Facility of the Year awards program was called the Feed Mill of the Year. Below, winners are noted with an asterisk (*), followed by the runner-up or “most improved” Feed Mill of the Year. Beginning in 2016, the program was expanded to the Feed Facility of the Year, and began offering awards for an overall winner and four category winners. In 2021, the FFY program separated each category into its own individual program: liquid feed, commercial dry, premix and ingredient, and integrator, with each category having its own facility of the year award. In 2024, the FFY program returned to recognizing one overall Feed Facility of the Year awardee. All proceeds from the FFY program are donated to the AFIA Equipment Manufacturing Committee scholarship fund.
Overall winner:
BioZyme’s Stockyard Plant
St. Joseph, Mo.
Plant manager: Jill Vanover
Highest productivity and efficiency score
Semi-finalists
Westway Feed Products
Houston, Texas
Highest liquid feed facility score & highest sustainability score
Western Milling
Goshen, Calif.
Highest commercial dry facility score
Kent Nutrition Group
Marshall, Mo.
Wenger Feeds
Muncy, Pa.
Liquid Feed Facility of the Year:
Westway Feed Products
Houston, Texas
Plant manager: Tommy Flowers
Commercial Dry Feed Facility of the Year:
MFA Incorporated
Aurora, Mo.
Plant manager: Trevor Erwin
Premix/Ingredient Feed Facility of the Year:
ADM
Bluffton, Ind.
Plant Manager: Brent Weedman
Integrator Feed Facility of the Year:
Mountaire Farms
Maxton, N.C.
Plant Manager: Hector Pacheco
Liquid Feed Facility of the Year:
Quality Liquid Feeds
Comstock Park, Mich.
Plant manager: David Schnicke
Commercial Dry Feed Facility of the Year:
Kent Nutrition Group
Marshall, Mo.
Plant manager: Chris Igo
Premix/Ingredient Feed Facility of the Year:
Animix
Juneau, Wis.
Direcotor of Operations: Randall Boldt
Integrator Feed Facility of the Year:
Mountaire Farms
Maxton, N.C.
Plant Manager: Hector Pacheco
Commercial Dry Feed Facility of the Year:
Kent Nutrition Group
Mason, Mich.
Plant manager: Dave Earl
Liquid Feed Facility of the Year:
PerforMix Nutrition Systems
Rupert, Idaho
Plant manager: Ty Cahoon
Premix/Ingredient Feed Facility of the Year:
Belstra Milling
DeMotte, Indiana
Plant manager: Drew Mellon
Integrator Feed Facility of the Year:
Sanderson Farms
Collins, Mississippi
Plant manager: Bill Bray
Overall winner:
Koch Farms
Morton, Miss.
Plant manager: Frank Garczynski
Premix manufacturing plant category:
Trouw Nutrition
Neosho, Mo.
Plant manager: Douglas Vanjoff
Liquid feed plant category:
Quality Liquid Feeds
Clovis, N.M.
Plant manager: Mark Teel
Commercial dry livestock feed plant category:
Western Milling
Goshen, Calif.
Plant manager: Buster Freeman
Integrator category:
Koch Foods
Morton, Miss.
Plant manager: Frank Garczynski
Overall winner:
Famo Feeds
Freeport, Minn.
Plant manager: Kurt Marthaler
Premix manufacturing plant category:
Trouw Nutrition
Highland, Ill.
Plant manager: Monty Barker
Liquid feed plant category:
Quality Liquid Feeds
Clovis, N.M.
Plant manager: Mark Teel
Commercial dry livestock feed plant category:
Famo Feeds
Freeport, Minn.
Plant manager: Kurt Marthaler
Integrator category:
Koch Foods
Morton, Miss.
Plant manager: Frank Garczynski
Overall winner:
Sanderson Farms
Collins, Miss.
Plant manager: William Bray
Premix manufacturing plant category:
Animix LLC
Juneau, Wis.
Plant manager: Randy Bolt
Liquid feed plant category:
Westway Feed Products
Dimmit, Texas
Plant manager: Phil Thomas
Commercial dry livestock feed plant category:
ADM Animal Nutrition
Cordele, Ga.
Plant manager: Johnny Childers
Integrator category:
Sanderson Farms
Collins, Miss.
Plant manager: William Bray
Overall winner:
Trouw Nutrition USA
Neosho, Mo.
Plant manager: Douglas Vanjoff
Premix manufacturing plant category:
Trouw Nutrition USA
Neosho, Mo.
Plant manager: Douglas Vanjoff
Liquid feed plant category:
Westway Feed Products
Dimmit, Texas
Plant manager: Phil Thomas
Commercial dry livestock feed plant category:
Tennessee Farmers Cooperative
LaVergne, Tenn.
Plant manager: Bobby Brown
Kent Nutrition Group*
Rockford, Ill.
Plant manager: Tom Smolen
Southern States Cooperative
Valdosta, Ga.
Plant manager: Larry Tabor
Southern States Cooperative*
Park City, Ky.
Plant manager: Gary Huddleston
Kent Nutrition Group
Hagerstown, Md.
Plant manager: Jeremy Ruckman
Tennessee Famers Cooperative*
Rockford, Tenn.
Plant manager: Mark Rule
Hubbard Feeds
Rapid City, S.D.
Plant manager: Thad Olsen
Southern States Cooperative*
Vinton, Va.
Plant manager: Dave Jones
Kent Nutrition Group
Rockford, Ill.
Plant manager: Tom Smolen
Cargill Animal Nutrition*
Wooster, Ohio
Plant manager: Susanna Wright
Southern States Cooperative
Winchester, Ky.
Plant manager: Richard Sladic
Hubbard Feeds*
Bismarck, N.D.
Plant manager: Randy Amelsberg
Cargill Animal Nutrition
Giddings, Texas
Plant manager: Byron Sommerlatte
Southern States Cooperative*
Cleveland, N.C.
Plant manager: Mark Whitaker
Cargill Turkey Production
Harrisonburg, Va.
Plant manager: Grant Martin
Cargill Animal Nutrition*
Martinsburg, Pa.
Plant manager: Charles Lickteig
Ridley Inc.
Beloit, Kan.
Plant managers: Clint Scheck and Jerry Dunno
Southern States Cooperative*
Park City, Ky.
Plant manager: Gary Huddleston
Cargill Animal Nutrition
Seguin, Texas
Plant manager: Paul Yandle
Cargill Animal Nutrition*
Giddings, Texas
Plant manager: Byron Sommerlatte
ADM Alliance Nutrition
Grand Island, Neb.
Plant manager: Darin Sigler
Hubbard Feeds*
Rapid City, S.D.
Operations manager: Paul Hanson
Cargill Animal Nutrition
Montgomery, Ala.
Plant manager: Doug Braden
Blue Seal Feeds*
Bow, N.H.
Plant manager: Greg Guerdet
Cargill Animal Nutrition
Stockton, Calif.
Plant manager: Karl Giacomini
Kent Feeds*
Rockford, Ill.
Plant manager: Craig Evenson
Hubbard Feeds
Worthington, Minn.
Plant manager: Loren Johnson
Westway Feed Products*
Albany, N.Y.
Plant manager: Mark Morris
Kent Feeds
Muscatine, Iowa
Plant manager: Rod Hohenadel
Cargill Animal Nutrition*
Arkona, Ontario, Canada
Plant manager: Henry Van der Wielen
Hubbard Feeds
Rapid City, S.D.
Plant manager: Paul Hanson
Continental Grain-Wayne Feeds*
Atlantic, Iowa
Plant manager: Dave Fairfield
Cargill-Nutrena
Mentone, Ind.
Plant manager: Wayne Schope
Land O’Lakes*
Inver Grove Heights, Minn.
Plant manager: Chuck Jensen
Kent Feeds
Sioux City, Iowa
Plant manager: Denny Blatchford
Southern States Cooperative *
Cleveland, N.C.
Plant manager: Mark Whitaker
Farmland Industries
Fremont, Neb.
Plant manager: Daniel Puffer
Cargill-Nutrena*
New Richland, Minn.
Plant manager: Ruel Wehde
Agway
Sangerfield, N.Y.
Plant manager: Marylou Rhodes
Kent Feeds*
Estherville, Iowa
Plant manager: Bill Augustine
Southern States Cooperative
Barber, N.C.
Plant manager: Mark Whitaker
Purina Mills *
Frankfort, Ind.
Plant manager: Larry Perkins
Kent Feeds
Marshall, Mo.
Plant manager: Ron Jackson
Cargill-Nutrena*
Swanton, Vt.
Plant manager: Steve Osgood
Farmland Industries
Mankato, Minn.
Plant manager: David Marsh
Purina Mills*
Wichita, Kan.
Plant manager: Tom Adams
Farmland Industries
Eagle Grove, Iowa
Plant manager: Steve Combellick
Hubbard Milling*
Watertown, S.D.
Plant manager: Martin Wenes
Cargill-Nutrena
Lethbridge, AB Canada
Plant manager: John Jones
Cargill-Nutrena*
Giddings, Texas
Plant manager: Robert Grimm
Southern States Cooperative
Park City, Ky.
Plant manager: Mark Whitaker
Kent Feeds*
Columbus, Neb.
Plant manager: Dennis Beck
Supersweet Feeds
Madison, Wis.
Plant manager: Dave Rozendaal
GTA Feeds*
Willmar, Minn.
Plant manager: Jim Braun
Cargill-Nutrena
Giddings, Texas
Plant manager: Robert Grimm
Kent Feeds*
Altoona, Iowa
Plant manager: Ron Marshall
Cargill-Nutrena
Sioux City, Iowa
Plant manager: Ruel Wehde
GTA Feeds*
Sioux Falls, S.D.
Plant manager: Vergil Hegna
Kent Feeds
Rockford, Ill.
Plant manager: Herb Kniep
Maple Leaf Farms*
Burlington, Wis.
Plant manager: Roman DeGrave
Hubbard Milling
Watertown, S.D.
Plant manager: Martin Wenes
Cargill-Nutrena*
West Branch, Iowa
Plant manager: Ruel Wehde
GTA Feeds
Willmar, Minn.
Plant manager: Jim Braun