Viterra’s feed wing, Unifeed Hi-Pro, has signed a deal to buy Oklahoma livestock feed maker Sunrise Feed for an undisclosed sum.
Sunrise Feed makes beef cattle, horse and other animal feeds and operates 100,000-tonne-per-year capacity feed mills and retail outlets in the Oklahoma towns of Cheyenne and nearby Elk City, both west of Oklahoma City.
Unifeed Hi-Pro operates as Unifeed in Canada and Hi-Pro Feeds in the U.S. The deal, announced Thursday, is an eastward expansion for Hi-Pro, based in Friona, Tex., about 350 km west of Elk City.
Hi-Pro — which Agricore United bought in 2006 before its merger last year with Saskatchewan Wheat Pool as Viterra — can use the added capacity to better serve its customer base over seven western states, the company said.
Hi-Pro Feeds already runs feed mills at Friona and Lubbock, Tex. and in Dexter, New Mexico, about 300 km west of Lubbock.
The Sunrise deal is expected to close March 3, Viterra said.
