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Moroni Feed Company Utah's Turkey Production and Processing Industry
Moroni Feed Company, headquartered in the community of Moroni, Utah, is a fully integrated turkey
producing and processing cooperative. All of Utah's five million commercially grown turkeys are raised
by the 64 independent turkey producer-members of the co-op.
Incorporated in 1938, Moroni Feed Company has gross sales in excess of 125 million dollars. In addition
to the independent growers and their employees, Moroni Feed has 850 employees, with an annual payroll of
over 10 million dollars.
Full integration of the cooperative is reflected in Moroni Feed's organizational structure:
- Breeder Division: Six breeder farms located in Sanpete, Juab, Sevier, and Washington counties, as well as in Orosi, California.
- Hatchery Division: Located in Moroni, this modern facility hatches over 5 million turkey eggs annually.
- Feed Division: The feed mill operations mix and deliver over 150,000 tons of feed per year.
- Nutrimulch Division: This operation produces and sells over 45,000 yards per year of nutrient-rich soil conditioner made from recycled turkey litter.
- Processing Division: The huge turkey processing plant in Moroni is a state-of-the-art facility processing millions of pounds of Norbest whole turkeys and other turkey products.
- Further Processing Division: This plant, located in the community of Salina, Utah, produces Norbest cooked, smoked, and roasted products, including smoked turkeys, deli breasts, turkey ham, pastrami, and other lunchmeats.
Moroni Feed Co. is a key member of the Norbest, Inc. turkey marketing cooperative, which markets all
of Moroni Feed's turkeys and turkey products worldwide.
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