Leading Dairy and Beef Producers from California, Texas, Indiana, and Michigan Invest in Forever Feed Technologies

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May 21, 2024, 08:00 ET

Investment Members, Feeding Over 500,000 Animals annually, Join the Coalition to Develop Critical Water-Saving and Decarbonizing Technology

HANFORD, Calif., May 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Forever Feed Technologies today announced an investment coalition of fifteen leading dairy and beef producers from California, Texas, Indiana, and Michigan to accelerate the technology development and complete the world's largest enterprise scale on-farm feed mill growing highly nutritious Automated Sprouted Grain™(ASG). As future installations of the technology are complete, the group envisions saving billions of gallons of water and significantly reducing the climate impact from feeding cattle. The first FFT Feed Mill is currently under construction at the River Ranch Dairy in Hanford, California.

The Forever Feed coalition includes: River Ranch Farms, Hanford, CA; Bar 20 Dairy, Fresno, CA; Producers Dairy Foods, Fresno, CA, Grimmius Cattle, Hanford, CA; Wreden Ranch, Hanford, CA; Hollandia Farms, Hanford, CA; Central Valley Meat Company & Harris Ranch Beef, Hanford, CA; Rancho Teresita Dairy, Tulare, CA; Associated Feed & Supply, Turlock, CA, Red Triangle Oil Company, Fresno, CA; High Roller Dairy, Hanford, CA; D&J Dairies, Hereford, TX; de Jong Family Farms, Franceville, IN; Prairie View Dairy, Delton, MI; M.F. Rosa Dairy, Hanford, CA. These coalition members consistently lead the charge to deploy innovative technology and climate-smart practices and together they feed over 500,000 head of cattle every year.

"We are extremely pleased with the caliber of our second-round investment coalition," remarked Jack de Jong, owner of River Ranch Farms and co-founder/CEO of Forever Feed Technologies. "Our investors are some of the leading producers and businesses in agriculture and represent the forward-thinking innovators needed to help solve the major challenges of water shortages and the climate impact facing our industry."

"Bar-20 Dairy is pleased to be one of the founders of Forever Feed Technologies. We are excited to be joined by this esteemed group of innovative ag leaders." said Steve Shehadey, owner of Bar 20 Dairy. "We have great trust in the experience of Forever Feed's co-founders, Jack de Jong and Steve Lindsley, and their management and engineering teams. At Bar-20, we are always looking to reduce our environmental impact and adding FFT feed mills to our operation will complement our sustainability efforts, including the methane reduction fuel cell technology we installed last year."

"The dairy and beef industries share many of the same opportunities for improving the quality and sustainability of the foods they produce," said Brian Coelho, President/CEO of the Central Valley Meat Company and Harris Ranch Beef. "Having both dairy and beef operators join the Forever Feed investment coalition expands FFT's ability to tap into our expertise as they develop the most dependable and sustainable high-volume feed mill in the world."

The Forever Feed Mill is an enterprise scale system that grows Automated Sprouted Grain™ (ASG) year-round, such as wheat and barley, to enrich the animal's daily diet. The benefits to both farmers and animals are increased productivity, improved animal health, nutritional consistency, plus significant resource savings of water, land, and fuel emissions.

The first Forever Feed Mill is being built at the River Ranch Dairy in Hanford, California, and is anticipated to begin growing Automated Sprouted Grain™ (ASG) by the fourth quarter of this year.

ABOUT FOREVER FEED TECHNOLOGIES
Forever Feed Technologies is a pioneering leader in automated agricultural feed systems designed to provide environmentally conscious, economically viable, and sustainably produced feed that will enhance food security and self-reliance worldwide. As the world grapples with the challenges posed by changing climates, the agriculture sector has emerged as a critical arena for sustainable innovation. Forever Feed Technologies signifies a profound leap towards achieving climate-neutral agriculture by 2050, and a more sustainable future for all. Forever Feed is based in both Hanford, California and American Fork, Utah.

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