On a much-needed rainy April day, and under the cover of Dutton’s grey barn, Superior Farms, the nation’s largest lamb producer, today unveiled the renderings for its new Dixon processing facility. To celebrate the occasion, the company hosted a groundbreaking, “Dixon-style,” complete with lamb lollipops, a barbeque truck, and with the support and representation of local and state agencies, 4th- and 5th-generation family ranchers, and nearly 100 of the company’s own employees.
The new lamb processing plant, designed with an eye towards green technologies, will reduce the company’s total carbon footprint. It will be built adjacent to the current plant, which will remain operational until the new construction is complete, preventing processing downtime. Designed for the needs of the industry today, Superior Farms’ new facility will leverage the best in ergonomics, natural lighting, wind power, water reduction (estimate is 30 percent), while reducing the company’s total energy consumption by 45 percent.