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About Seaboard Foods
Seaboard Foods, an integrated food company, produces premium pork products for both domestic and international markets.

Fresh Pork
Seaboard Foods markets and sells fresh pork from the two newest, large-scale pork processing plants in the United States.

Plant Locations: Guymon, Okla., and St. Joseph, Mo. (Pursuant to an agreement, Seaboard Foods markets and sells all the products from the Triumph Foods St. Joseph plant).
  • More than 4.9 million head processed annually at each plant* 
  • 2,000 production employees at each plant 
  • Combined, the two plants represent the fourth largest daily U.S. slaughter capacity for pork — representing about 9 percent of the U.S. slaughter volume

*Operating at full capacity

Processed Meats
Processed meats from the Seaboard Foods integrated system are produced and marketed by Daily's® Premium Meats–a division of Seaboard Foods.

Plant Locations: Missoula, Mont., and Salt Lake City, Utah

  • About 73 million pounds annually of raw bacon production capacity
  • 400 employees
  • Raw sliced bacon produced at each plant; precooked bacon produced in Salt Lake City

Live Production Operations Facts
Seaboard Foods Live Production supplies animals to the Guymon, Okla., processing plant with strict control over the production process, including but not limited to genetics, nutrition and animal welfare.

Seaboard Foods Live Production Locations: Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Texas

  • More than 4 million hogs produced annually
  • 1,650 farm employees
  • More than 250 farms
  • More than 210,000 sows

Feed Mills
The live production system maintains strict control of animal feeds and uses up to 14 proprietary rations throughout the animal's life.

Feed Mill Locations: Optima, Okla., Hugoton, Kan., Holyoke, Colo., Julesburg, Colo., Leoti, Kan., and Okeene, Okla.

  • 1.5 million tons of animal feed produced annually
  • 135 employees
  • Seaboard Foods procures most of its grain from local farmers who deliver to area grain elevators. Seaboard Foods currently uses approximately 40 million bushels of locally grown corn and grain sorghum each year.

Renewable Energy
High Plains Bioenergy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Seaboard Foods, is a renewable energy company focused on producing alternative energy from the Seaboard Foods integrated system.

Biodiesel Plant Location: Guymon, Okla. This biodiesel plant is located next to Seaboard Foods' Guymon pork processing plant.

  • 30 million gallons of biodiesel produced annually
  • 30 employees
  • Uses multiple feedstocks, including pork fat from the Guymon pork processing plant, and vegetable oils