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Purina Mills, LLC is the farm animal feeds unit of Land O' Lakes. It was previously part of Ralston Purina , until the U.S. animal feeds portion was first sold in 1986. History
Ralston Purina Company was a St. Louis, Missouri,–based American conglomerate with substantial holdings in animal feed, food, pet food, consumer products, and entertainment. On December 12, 2001, it merged with Swiss food-giant Nestlé's Friskies division to form Nestlé Purina PetCare Company .
Nestlé Purina PetCare (/ p j ʊ ˈ r iː n ə /), or simply Purina, is an American subsidiary of the Swiss corporation Nestlé, based in St. Louis, Missouri. It produces and markets pet food, treats, and cat and dog litter. Some of its pet food brands include Purina Pro Plan, Purina Dog Chow, Friskies, Beneful and Purina One.
The Purina part of the company is now split. The pet-food company sold to Nestlé is now called Nestlé Purina PetCare. The livestock-feed company is called Purina Mills, LLC, and is a unit of Land O'Lakes. Ralcorp manufactures many store-brand foods that are sold in grocery outlets across the United States under the retailers' private labels.
In 2001, it paid $360 million – and assumed $130 million in debt – to take over animal feed producer Purina Mills, once part of Ralston Purina. [10] Purina Mills' new owner planned to merge the company with its Land O'Lakes Farmland Feed division but would keep the Purina name and logo. [11]
Rejecting conventional wisdom, Missouri farm opts to 'get weird' with regenerative farming. Gannett. Jana Rose Schleis. October 12, 2024 at 4:52 AM.
They have been growing fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers for nine seasons in a diversified market garden style farm in the Missouri River hills. Additionally, two thirds of their 15-acre farm ...
Smiling Hill Farm: Westbrook, Maine: Farm (and lumber mill since 1970s) [9] [26] [27] 1725 Pottstown Roller Mill: Pottstown, Pennsylvania: Grain, Feed [28] [29] Now owned by Purina Mills. 1736 Lakeside Mills: Spindale, North Carolina: Corn products [8] 1741 WD Cowls: Amherst, Massachusetts: Lumber [30] 1752 The Philadelphia Contributionship ...