Gavilon

Gavilon is a commodity management firm based in Omaha, Nebraska. The company is organized into two operating segments:

Operating segments

Grain & Ingredients – Gavilon originates, stores, and distributes grains and oilseeds, as well as feed and food ingredients, to food manufacturers, livestock producers, poultry processors, soybean processors and ethanol producers worldwide.

Fertilizer – The company also partners with offshore suppliers and leverages its global logistics system to provide customers competitively priced fertilizer.^[1]

Gavilon uses the futures market to manage price risk associated with inventory positions and forward contracts.

History

The company’s history dates back to 1874,^[2] when Peavey Company built its first grain facility. In 1982, Peavey was acquired by ConAgra Foods, Inc. ^[3] and later became part of ConAgra Trade Group. In 2008, a group of investors formed Gavilon and acquired ConAgra Trade Group, enabling the privately held company to focus on growing its commodity business.^[4] In 2010, Gavilon acquired the DeBruce Companies,^[5] which significantly expanded the company’s agricultural operations. In 2013, Marubeni Corporation, one of the largest general trading companies in Japan, purchased the company's agriculture assets and businesses.^[6] Later that year, Gavilon's energy business was sold to NGL Energy Partners LP (NYSE: NGL).^[7]

Today, Gavilon employs 2,000 people around the world and is the second largest grain handler in North America based on storage capacity.

References

External links

Official website

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