Plans for a new feed mill in Yale were discussed at the recent Guthrie County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday.

Landus Cooperative Vice President of Animal Nutrition Chris Robertson spoke to the Board about their intention to build a 400,000-ton feed mill on property it already owns east of their grain facility. Robertson says the mill will produce 100 percent swine feed, operating 24 hours a day, five days a week, with 90 trucks estimated to travel to and from the mill daily. The facility is also expected to add 30 new jobs, 10 of them working on-site and 20 as haulers.

The Supervisors expressed concerns of increased dust, noise, and traffic the mill may create, which Robertson assuaged. He said Landus has met with the Yale City Council, which gave a positive response to the project, and they have reached out to all utility companies needed for the expansion. In concern to County requirements, the Supervisors told Robertson he needs to contact the County’s contract zoning administrator Chris Whitaker from Region XII Council of Governments. For the project timeline, Robertson says they’d like to start moving dirt this fall with construction beginning in spring of 2021, and the mill expected to be fully operational by spring of 2022.