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Show NOVEMBER 4, 1994 Bar City Xetns PAGE 12 Premium Standard Farms Office Complex and Feed Mill Missouri Countryside (Continued from page 9) - introduced myself and explained my purpose in being there, he invited-me in and immediately , located ~ Charles Arnot, Executive Communication Director. Arnot graciously rovided a Sunday evening tour of the facility. The office complex reception hall is a combination of stone and glass with open stairways on either side and a waterfall behind the desk. Aside from a variety of offices, the building houses a computer lab for the purpose of monitoring temperature and atmospheric ‘conditions in the production barns. .A staff member is on duty 24-hours per day. Next, we drove to the education building. The training facility is equipped with ra sy : oe : conference and class rooms, including a miniature replica section of the production barn. An 8-inch pit under the floor is cleaned by an automatic flush system on short-term intervals. (Larry Sower reported that the Milford facility is designed with 18-inch pits which are released every 7 to 8 days.) By this stage of the tour, the video equipment had warmed up, and we saw aerial - photos of the feed mill, maintenance complex, production barns, lagoons, office complex and fo) ca : e | As FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY — 1 yy M ON T HS T OF : H CD ADVAN THIS chef to operate the gourmet kitchen which is. HEH © © capable of providing food for large formal: occasions. He . TAGE multi-million dollar facility was actually a "family farm." (Missouri law does not allow corporate farming unless it was grandfathered : in before September 28, 1975. However, the~ ; list of exceptions keeps growing longer, weakening the protection for the small family : TUG) tom OFF ER e 13 We then drove to the production barns and the lagoons. Odor? No, absolutely nothing! The entire scene was right out of the 21st century. [thanked Mr. Arnot for the tour and drove into Princeton. N OW ss LIMITED Arnot carefully explained that the i % mt 24 MONTH CD = 5.50% TAKE The company has hired a proeaue ‘ T MON stated buitcings f 1 BH CD j S AG WS Pa ee Be die A Be When I started babbling to the folks in ‘the cafe about the wonders of modern hog ae O UW th e r nh ; ta production, they laughed. h "There is never much odor when it rains, unless there is a spill. After the rain, while it is still humid, if the bE Fed fn ° 1 ET Re b ye . i. r Z rt it e I Un 2 q MILFORD % — . (801) 387-2422 = i’ 13 : a CEDAR CITY, ALSO LOCATED HURRICANE, ST. IN 7 GEORGE A state road employee, who was very ~©6=-_:scareful not to give his name because he has only three more years until retirement, sigue that I should drive out toward if # =©=—-—- Unionville. "Within 15 minutes or so, you will 1 3. = know what everyone is complaining about," _he : se Gay tein ppocayre rises rapidly, you can't even drive “ down that road," the waitress said. ‘ee Ae “V. BOX Milford, Utah 84751 OFFICES ae lion said. ] followed his directions. Although’ by the time I arrived, it was raining so hard ‘a that it was impossible to see, ae was a. “definite smell. I turned back foward: Kalneas City. " without visiting the packing plant at Milan. Monday morning, I backtracked to Gallatin, (continued on page 17) sy |