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Cargill Animal Nutrition (CAN) Elk River feed mill produces 480 Tons of experimental diets per year for trials ran on campus. A key driver for CAN’s success and continued growth lies in understanding nutrient availability of ingredients and micro nutrition through in vivo trials the feed mill is core to that capability. The demand for the current Research and Development (R&D) facility, including the feed mill, at Elk River, Minnesota has outgrown the site’s capabilities and as currently constructed, the feed mill is not capable of supporting Cargill Animal Nutrition and Health’s R&D. The existing Elk River feed mill was constructed in the 1950’s and is now over 60 years old, with no major renovations since the 1990’s. The existing facility which consists of 3 buildings totaling 14,220 square feet. The proposed project will demolish the 3 existing 3 buildings and replace it with a modular mill that is 8,300 square feet that will enclose the entire operation. The hours of operation will be 6am-5pm, Monday-Friday Number of employees will be 4, 4 employees existing today Parking will be at the existing Maintenance shop parking lot, not additional stalls needed Building materials will be steel siding that consists with the other Agricultural buildings on site, meeting all building codes to include any screening needed during construction Signage already exists for the site on the Office building No outdoor storage will be needed. The goal of the Elk River Feed Mill project is to plan, design, and construct a feed processing pilot plant to replace the existing feed mill to achieve the following goals:  Improve overall employee safety and engagement.  Produce all required animal trial feeds on-site.  Add capacity and capabilities to support Processing R&D and product quality.  This facility will improve the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). The proposed Plan would start construction in June/July 2022 with completion in October/November 2022.