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DRAYTON FACTORY SPECS
factory aerial photo
Location
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County Highway 44 North, Drayton, ND
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Mailing Address:
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P.O. Box 190, Drayton, ND 58225
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Capacity
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Annual Beet Slice
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1,675,000 tons
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Average Beet Slice per day in campaign
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6,700 tons
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Annual Sugar Production
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4,900,000 cwt.
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Average sugar production per day in campaign
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21,000 cwt.
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Number of Campaign Days
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250 days
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History
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Year Built:
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1965
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Major Renovations/upgrades/additions:
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PKF filters |
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Tower diffuser |
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Juice softening
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Carbonation
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Sugar Cooler
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Chip Seperation
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Pulp Press
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Employment
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Number of year round employees:
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140
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Number of campaign employees:
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75
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Total number of employees:
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245
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Agricultural Information
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Number of shareholders producing:
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988
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Number of acres planted:
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161,619 acres
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Tons of beets produced:
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3,163,241 tons
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Piling Locations:
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Drayton, McArthur, Bathgate, Hamilton, Nash, Humboldt, Stephen, St.Thomas, Kennedy, Grafton
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Packaging / Warehousing
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Number of different labels and products packaged:
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None
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Hundredweight packaged:
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136,000 cwt.
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Hundredweight bulk shipments:
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4.75 Million cwt.
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By-products sold annually
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Pulp pellets:
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82,000 tons (cattle feed in Europe and Japan), 2,000 tons (cattle feed, fermentation and binding agent), 70,000 tons (MDS)
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Molasses:
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99,000 tons (cattle feed, fermentation and binding agent)
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Community
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Size of Community:
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900
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