Kemin Industries: feed ingredients and animal nutrition
Kemin Industries, family-owned and based in Des Moines: minerals, rumen-protected ingredients, carotenoids and feed quality solutions for livestock.
Kemin Industries is a family-owned specialty ingredients group from Des Moines, Iowa, with a dedicated Animal Nutrition & Health business.
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Kemin Industries is a family-owned and family-operated ingredients company based in Des Moines, Iowa. It was founded in 1961 by R.W. and Mary Nelson, when R.W. Nelson mixed his first animal feed ingredients while Mary Nelson ran operations from their home. The group has since grown through separate business units, each serving a particular industry. Animal Nutrition & Health is the unit that works with the feed sector, while other units supply different markets outside agriculture.
For livestock and poultry producers, Kemin's role sits inside the feed ration rather than on the farm itself. Its ingredients are added by feed mills and nutritionists to improve mineral supply, protect nutrients from breakdown in the rumen, add pigments such as carotenoids and keep feed in good condition. The business works across swine, dairy, beef, equine and several types of poultry, including broilers, layers and turkeys. Results depend on the species, the diet and the conditions in which a product is used.
Size of the business
The Kemin group reports serving more than 120 countries. That figure covers the whole company, not just Animal Nutrition & Health.
What does the company offer?
Kemin's Animal Nutrition & Health business supplies mineral ingredients, rumen-protected ingredients, carotenoids, biosurfactants and feed quality solutions for livestock and poultry diets.
How should a buyer make contact?
Kemin is organised by region and business unit, and its website lists the contacts for animal nutrition in each market. Enquiries move fastest when they state the species, the intended application, the volumes involved and the timing.
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