Company Profile

New Horizon Farms Traces It S Beginning In Pork Production Back To September1993The Acquisition Of A Sow Farmglobal West And A Nursery Facilityglobal East Was At That Time Under The Company Name Of Global Ventures Located In Rock Countyminnesotathe 1 200 Head West Sow Operation Weaned Approximately 650 Pigs A Week Into The East Nursery Farma Feed Mill Site Was Part Of The Original Purchasethe Mill Had Burned Prior To Global Ventures Purchasing Itsoon After The Purchase Was Finalizeda Feed Mill Was Rebuilt On The Same Site And Was Up And Running In June Of 1994The New Feed Mill Required A New Truck With A Feed Box And Original Employees Would Manufacture And Deliver The Feed To Various Sites Making As Much As 50 Tons Of Feed A Day The Hog Market Crashed In 1998And This Left Many Area Producers In A Tough Financial Positionoften In Tough Timesbusiness Opportunities Present Themselvesand Because Of Thatthe Company Purchased The Whitewood And Applewood Sow Farms And Expanded The Pork Production Side Of New Horizon Farms As The Years Passedmore Acquisitions Were Made And Farms Were Expandedtodaynew Horizon Employs Over 150 Hardworking Individuals Across Three Companiesnew Horizon Farmsnew Horizon Feeds And New Horizon Grainat Presentnew Horizon Farms Has 16 500 Sows Housed In Five Sow Farmsnew Horizon Farms Includes Six Nurseries That Have The Capacity Of 57 000 Head At One Timethere Are Sixty Finishing Sites Located Across Southwest Minnesotaeastern South Dakota And Northwest Iowa That Can Finish 128 000 Hogsthe Facilities Are State Of The Art With Both Natural And Tunnel Ventilation And Deep Pit Designsannuallynew Horizon Farms Markets Over 430 000 Hogs To Jbs Swift And John Morrellin Additionnew Horizon Farms Is Home To Four Research Facilities That Are Used To Look At New Production Technologies And The Well Being Of Our Animals