Tuscarora grain CO LLC TGC will purchase and install a century pellet mill

This mill will increase local capacity for pelletizing currently underutilized organic byproducts into new valueadded products with ready markets. The project will build the organic livestock feed supply chain capacity remove barriers to new organic market development and benefit organic producers by accomplishing the following objective 1 install organicapproved pelletizing equipment capable of processing 24 tons per day. Objective 2 improve organic supply chain capacity and organic product development in pennsylvania by providing third party processing to local organic producers and feed mills. Objective 3 increase the pennsylvania organic communitys access to organic amendment by 2.500 tons per year. These objectives will empower local organic grain producers and feed mills to engage with new markets through access to previously unavailable contract pelletizing. IT will create a new market for domestically produced organic byproducts 48 by expanding tgcs capacity for processing aggregation and distribution. Additionally IT will reduce potential waste from grain and animal processing by offering valueadded product development opportunities.