And they’ll be reformulating some of the Pennfield line. Does anyone know if Nutrena mills also do cattle feed?
I used Nutrena 20 years ago but switched to Pennfield for some problems with their feed. Granted it was a long time ago, but Dang…
I do know that Nutrena makes feed for dairy and beef cattle, along with pigs, poultry, llamas, sheep, goats, rabbits, dogs, cats…basically everything but reptiles honestly.
I looked around online and found a post on Nutrena’s website from January 2013 about them buying two of Pennfields facilities in PA.
Is there a recent press release available on this? I know the company changed hands a couple of years ago (Cargill-sp?- I thought) but have heard nothing of Nutrena. If this is the case, it may drive me to seriously consider a different brand for my guy, as there’s a reason I choose Fibergized and reasons I don’t choose Nutrena products.
Fibergized “Omega” is the only Pennfield product remaining unchanged - at least that is what my feed store tells me. Regular Fibergized was eliminated from my feed store many months ago, but I have no problem getting Pennfield branded Fibergized Omega.
Ok. That’s what I feed, so that’s good. But it does leave me a little on edge. I may have to do some investigating.
From what I understand the formulation for Fibregized will stay the same, Pennfield Senior will change slightly (more fat, fiber and higher protien). My feed store will be sending me the details about all of the Pennfield line that will change formulation by Nutrena.
That said, my biggest concern at the moment, is where my feed will be milled and quality control. I lost a mare many years ago from fumonsin-contaminated feed from another brand. It was horrible.
I’ve been feeding Pennfield for almost 20 years now. Boo.
After I hear have my pow-wow with some higher powers and know the score, I’ll pass it on.
Ummmm, I hate to break the news to you but Cargill, the owner of Nutrena, bought out Pennfield over two years ago.
http://www.cargill.com/news/releases/2013/NA3070567.jsp
If you haven’t noticed a change in quality control in the past two years, I doubt you will suddenly now. Cargill is not the devil!
No one is saying Cargill is the devil. Nothing in my Pennfield feed changed, despite who bought them then. Now someone else is buying and changing the feed line/formulation. No harm in questioning.
If Cargill bought out Pennfield years ago, I had not idea because they did not change the feed formulations or the plants I get mine from.
That is all that matters to me right now.
Thanks for the information though.
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No one is saying Cargill is the devil. Nothing in my Pennfield feed changed, despite who bought them then. Now someone else is buying and changing the feed line/formulation. No harm in questioning.
I don’t think you followed OP, Cargill owns BOTH Nutrena and Pennfield (since about 2013 when they purchased Pennfield) as a parent company.
Can you point us to a source of your information? I doubt a subsidiary would buy another subsidiary when they are both owned by the same company. Any sources you have could be helpful.
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I don’t think you followed OP, Cargill owns BOTH Nutrena and Pennfield (since about 2013 when they purchased Pennfield) as a parent company.
Can you point us to a source of your information about another sale? I doubt a subsidiary would buy another subsidiary when they are both owned by the same company.
Yep, Cargill owns Nutrena, Pennfield, and Progressive.
All I know is that I was told by my feed dealer (Tri-County Feeds in Marshall, VA) of 20+ years that the feed I have used made by Pennfield would be changing. That Pennfield was purchaced by Nutrena.
All I know. I had bad experiences with Nutrena in the past, so I was/am concerned.
From what you say…if Cargill owns both or all, then perhaps they were just giving me a heads up that Nutrena will be milling now and changing the feeds.
There are many companies that buy and then own others, but they keep the subsidiary company in place and doing their thing. I suspect that is what happened with Pennfield since you say Cargill bought them. They kept the “brand” and changed nothing re milling.
But what I’m learning now is that Nutrena is taking over the formulation and milling. That’s what I’m trying to get my arms around.
Cargill has been milling and formulating the feed that is branded Pennfield for over two years now. Now sure why Tri County has now decided to tell you about the changes as they are not anything new.
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I’m still confused. They said Nutrena would be milling…you are saying Cargill has been milling all for years?
I have some questions to ask for sure. Thanks for the info.
I am well informed about the Cargill/ Pennfield aqusition. Was a feed sales rep in Pennfield’s home state for 15 years. Am a former Cargill employee.
Pennfield was bankrupt. Cargill purchased them in January 2013. Cargill took over operations at that time. Some Pennfield employees stayed, some left. Cargill bought at least one physical Pennfield mill. The others were sold off to other companies.
Cargill owns many feed brands- Nutrena, Acco, Agway, Progressive, Pennfield to name a few. Cargill also mills for Triple Crown, but does not own them.
Cargill has changed and dropped some Pennfield feeds due to overlap with Nutrena ones. A couple of the Pennfield feeds were better than Nutrena blends, so they’ve been rebranded into the Nutrena line, and other Pennfield products were dropped completely. It almost seems that Cargill is treating the revamped Pennfield line as an ultra-premium performance geared feed, while the Nutrena Pro Force (which absorbed Ultra Senior and broodmare) is the premium life stages line.
Very true WNT!
That explains why Pro Force is not available in my area, we don’t have Pennfields either. Interesting! I had looked at it as a possible cheaper alternative to TC Senior when I knew Nutrena was milling TC anyway, but not available here (northern Indiana). At least the product I was considering is not.
A few months before Pennfield was sold to Cargill, KER ended their partnership with Pennfield. The feed formulas DID change slightly at the time because KER had proprietary rights to them. Pennfield could not legally continue to make the exact same feed.
If you were buying Pennfield simply because of the KER affiliation, they are now allied with Southern States’ Legend feed line.
