Cargill’s animal nutrition business is expanding its sow research capabilities with the opening of a new technology application center in Britt, Ia. Under the agreement, Cargill will lease the entire farm, which includes gestation, lactation, and gilt development, and houses nearly 2,000 sows. The Iowa location is ideal for Cargill researchers because of its proximity to the Cargill Global Innovation Center in Elk River, Minn., which allows Cargill to leverage resources for research and to accommodate customer visits and training.
“This application center and partnership creates new opportunities to collaborate on important sow research,” said Brooke Humphrey, global pork technology director for Cargill’s animal feed business. "We can continue to monitor how feeding the sow impacts the performance of offspring all the way to final market weight. We believe that linking our sow and innovation center capabilities together creates a one-of-a-kind innovation capability that is unmatched in the industry.”