date:Feb 12, 2014
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According to the 2014 Grain and Milling Annual published by Sosland Publishing Co., the four mills to be divested have a combined daily flour milling capacity of 62,500 cwts and would reduce the aggregate Ardent daily capacity to 513,600 cwts from 576,100 cwts an 11% reduction. Ardents remaining mills would include at least one within 75 miles of each of the divested facilities.
ConAgra recently updated the Oakland mill in a $21 million modernization project.
The combined capacity