| 词条 | Kent Nutrition Group |
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|name = Kent Nutrition Group |type = Private |genre = |logo = File:Kent Nutrition Group Logo.png |foundation = 2010 |founder = |dissolved = |location_city = Muscatine, Iowa |location_country = U.S. |location = |locations = |area_served = United States |key_people = Gage Anthony Kent (Owner) Mike Gauss (President) |industry = Agriculture, Livestock and Pet nutrition |products = {{hlist|Animal feed|Pet food|Lawn and garden}} |services = |market cap = |revenue = |operating_income = |net_income = |aum = |assets = |equity = |owner = |num_employees = |num_advisors = |parent = Kent Corporation |divisions = {{hlist|Kent|Blue Seal}} |subsid = |homepage = {{url|https://kentnutritiongroup.com}} |footnote = }} The Kent Nutrition Group is an animal nutrition company based in Muscatine, Iowa. It operates under the brands Kent and Blue Seal and is a subsidiary of the Kent Corporation. HistoryKent Nutrition Group was founded in 2010 in a corporate consolidation of two separate regional nutrition companies — Kent (established in 1927) and Blue Seal (established in 1868) — under the Kent Corporation.[1][2] The original president, Rich Dwyer, led the feed division for its first year of operations[1][3] and in 2011, John Thorpe become the president of Kent Nutrition Group.[4] In 2016, the company acquired Deluxe Feeds, another Iowa-based feed company. The assets in the deal included Deluxe Feeds' retail stores, feed mills, and its Midwest EnRG Flakes operations.[5] In June 2017, the company announced a $37-million expansion of the Deluxe Feeds plant in Sheldon, Iowa.[6] It broke ground on the expansion in September 2017.[7] The following month, the Kent Nutrition Group opened a new swine research facility at their 800-acre Product Development Center in Muscatine County.[8] In 2019, Mike Gauss was appointed as President, replacing John Thorpe who became President and COO of Kent’s parent company, Kent Corporation.[9] BrandsKentKent Feeds was founded by Gage A. Kent in Indianola, Iowa in 1927, where he used a mill to manufacture cattle feed. The company's first product, "Kent Baby Beef," was marketed as a cattle feed with high protein and no filler. A fire destroyed the original mill in Indianola and eventually Kent moved the company to a new plant in Muscatine, Iowa. In 1952, the company built a new plant in Muscatine. Between 1946 and 1964, Kent grew by 700%.[11][10] In 1988, Varied Investments (which would later become Muscatine Foods and, eventually, Kent Corporation) acquired H.K. Webster Company of Lawrence, Massachusetts, renaming it Blue Seal Feeds.[11] At that time, both Kent Feeds and Blue Seal Feeds were operating as subsidiaries of Varied Investments.[14] In 2001, Kent Feeds president Jack May resigned and was replaced by Gage A. Kent, the grandson of the company's founder.[12] Kent sells commercial animal and show feeds primarily in the Midwest and nearby regions.[13][14][15][16] Blue SealBlue Seal Feeds was founded as the H.K. Webster Company in 1868 in Lawrence, Massachusetts by Henry K. Webster. Webster had rented a small gristmill to produce animal feed[17][18] and grain products. His son Dean K. Webster began selling products under the "Blue Seal" brand name.[19] In 1941, H.K. Webster Company expanded by acquiring a Quaker Oats plant in Richford, Vermont.[20] By 1954, the company was earning $15 million in annual revenue and Ralph Kingman Webster, H.K. Webster's great-grandson, joined the company.[17][18] By 1988, the firm had grown to 8 plants and 17 retail stores in New England producing $150 million in annual revenue.[18] That year, Varied Investments (which would later become Muscatine Foods and, eventually, the Kent Corporation) acquired the H.K. Webster Company[2][21][22] and officially renamed it "Blue Seal Feeds."[23] Blue Seal moved its headquarters to a new facility in Londonderry, New Hampshire in 1994.[24] In 2008, the company acquired the I.L. Richer Company, another feed company based in New York.[25] Blue Seal produces a number of branded items, including pet foods and animal feed as well as a line of lawn and garden products. Blue Seal products are primarily sold in the Northeast and along the Eastern Seaboard. Blue Seal also operates several retail stores in New England.[24][15][26] References1. ^1 {{cite news | last =| first = | title =Muscatine Foods Merges Subsidiaries To Create Kent Nutrition Group | newspaper =| publisher =Pet Product News | date =July 29, 2010 | url =http://www.petproductnews.com/July-2010/Muscatine-Foods-Merges-Subsidiaries-To-Create-Kent-Nutrition-Group/ | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 2. ^1 {{cite news | last =| first = | title =Muscatine Foods changes name to Kent Corp. | newspaper =Quad-City Times| publisher = | date =March 27, 2012 | url =https://qctimes.com/news/local/muscatine-foods-changes-name-to-kent-corp/article_5e8c9d66-7806-11e1-8ef7-0019bb2963f4.html | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 3. ^{{cite news | last =| first = | title =Muscatine Foods forms Kent Nutrition Group | newspaper =| publisher =WATTAgNet | date =September 14, 2010 | url =https://www.wattagnet.com/articles/6926-muscatine-foods-forms-kent-nutrition-group | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 4. ^{{cite news | last =| first = | title =Gold Star Feed And Grain 'Unhooked' From Kent Nutrition | newspaper =| publisher = American Agriculturist| date =March 23, 2014 | url =http://www.americanagriculturist.com/story-gold-star-feed-grain-unhooked-kent-nutrition-9-110309 | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 5. ^{{cite news | last =Demaree| first =Holly | title =Kent Nutrition Group to acquire Deluxe Feeds | newspaper =| publisher =World Grain | date =September 28, 2016 | url =http://www.world-grain.com/articles/news_home/World_Grain_News/2016/09/Kent_Nutrition_Group_to_acquir.aspx?ID=%7BD44E9398-1D31-48E8-8842-28CC50826150%7D&cck=1 | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 6. ^{{cite news | last =Rushing| first =Ty | title =Kent Feeds division planning $37M expansion in Sheldon | newspaper =Sioux City Journal| publisher = | date =June 22, 2017 | url =https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/kent-feeds-division-planning-m-expansion-in-sheldon/article_239525c4-ee6a-57ca-862e-91baacf54a00.html | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 7. ^{{cite news | last =Lawrence| first =Tom | title =Deluxe Feeds breaks ground on $37M expansion | newspaper =The N'West Iowa REVIEW| publisher = | date =September 16, 2017 | url =http://www.nwestiowa.com/news/deluxe-feeds-breaks-ground-on-m-expansion/article_027afadc-9a50-11e7-b13e-ebff5870d25b.html | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 8. ^{{cite news | last =| first = | title =Kent Nutrition Group launches new swine facility | newspaper =| publisher =National Hog Farmer | date =October 10, 2017 | url =http://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/business/kent-nutrition-group-launches-new-swine-facility | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 9. ^{{cite news |title=Kent Nutrition Makes Staffing Changes |url=http://www.petbusiness.com/Kent-Nutrition-Makes-Staffing-Changes/ |publisher=Pet Business |date=4 January 2019}} 10. ^{{cite news | last =Morrison| first =Patricia | title =Firm has grown greatly in 70 years | newspaper =The Vincennes Sun-Commercial| publisher = | date =July 25, 1997 | url =https://www.newspapers.com/image/439206798/?terms=%22kent%2Bfeeds%22 | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 11. ^{{cite news |last1=Ehrlich |first1=Jennifer |title=Blue Seal Feeds beefs up for chaning times |url=http://archive.boston.com/business/articles/2004/09/30/blue_seal_feeds_beefs_up_for_changing_times?pg=full |publisher=Boston Globe |date=September 30, 2004}} 12. ^{{cite news | last =| first = | title =President resigns for health reasons | newspaper =Quad-City Times| publisher = | date =October 18, 2001 | url =https://www.newspapers.com/image/307878600/?terms=%22kent+feeds%22 | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 13. ^{{cite news | last =Danley-Greiner| first =Kristin | title =Kent approaching 50 years in Altoona | newspaper =The Altoona Herald| publisher = | date =March 4, 2015 | url =https://www.newspapers.com/image/113779977/?terms=%22kent%2Bnutrition%2Bgroup%22%2B%22blue%2Bseal%22 | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 14. ^{{cite news | last1 =Samuelson| first1 =Orion |last2=Armstrong|first2=Max | title =This Week in Agribusiness - June 23, 2018 | newspaper =| publisher =Farm Futures | date =June 23, 2018 | url =http://www.farmfutures.com/farm-life/week-agribusiness-june-23-2018 | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 15. ^1 {{cite news | last=| first=|title =Kent team recognized for achievement | newspaper =| publisher =Feedstuffs | date =May 26, 2016 | url =http://www.feedstuffs.com/story-kent-team-recognized-achievement-45-141833 | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 16. ^{{cite news | last=| first=|title =Kent Nutrition Group appoints swine feed product manager | newspaper =| publisher =WATTAgNet | date =April 27, 2012 | url =https://www.wattagnet.com/articles/12600-kent-nutrition-group-appoints-swine-feed-product-manager | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 17. ^1 2 {{cite news | last =Muhm| first =Don | title =Kent Feeds shows it's a survivor | newspaper =The Des Moines Register| publisher = | date =February 3, 1991 | url =https://www.newspapers.com/image/129495023/?terms=%22kent%2Bfeeds%22%2B%22blue%2Bseal%22 | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 18. ^1 2 {{cite news | last =Eddings| first =Keith | title =A millionaire who made a difference | newspaper =The Andover Townsman| publisher = | date =December 18, 2015 | url =http://www.andovertownsman.com/news/local_news/a-millionaire-who-made-a-difference/article_9d4477d1-481c-54df-aae8-bd3283d20d80.html | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 19. ^{{cite book | last =Arrington | first =Benj. F. |title =Municipal History of Essex County in Massachusetts | publisher =Lewis Historical Publishing Company| date =1922| volume=3| url =https://archive.org/stream/municipalhistory03arri/municipalhistory03arri_djvu.txt | isbn =}} 20. ^{{cite news |title=Feed Managment |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5JLAAAAYAAJ&q=%22H.K.+Webster%22+%2B+%22Quaker+Oats+1941&dq=%22H.K.+Webster%22+%2B+%22Quaker+Oats+1941&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiG4PmJ0I3dAhUGVd8KHffsC_MQ6AEIJzAA |publisher=Garden State Publishing Company |date=1982}} 21. ^1 {{cite news | last =| first = | title =Muscatine grain company buys New England firm | newspaper =The Des Moines Register| publisher = | date =January 11, 1989 | url =https://www.newspapers.com/image/131707595/?terms=%22kent%2Bfeeds%22%2B%22blue%2Bseal%22 | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 22. ^{{cite news | last =Martz| first =Pam | title =Area company gets new name | newspaper =Quad-City Times| publisher = | date =August 14, 2005 | url =https://qctimes.com/news/local/area-company-gets-new-name/article_3587bc51-4961-51d3-bcc2-655d774b59b8.html | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 23. ^{{cite news | last =| first = | title =Muscatine investment firm buys, renames feed manufacturer | newspaper =Quad-City Times| publisher = | date =January 11, 1989 | url =https://www.newspapers.com/image/306183157/?terms=%22H.%2BK.%2BWebster%2BCo%22 | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 24. ^1 {{cite news | last =Weeks| first =Jacklynn | title =Blue Seal Feeds Corporate Headquarters | newspaper =| publisher =Town of Londonderry | date =November 23, 2009 | url =http://www.londonderrynh.net/2009/11/blue-seal-feeds-corporate-headquarters/14404 | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 25. ^{{cite news | last =| first = | title =Two 19th century feed companies to merge | newspaper =The Burlington Free Press| publisher = | date =January 17, 2008 | url =https://www.newspapers.com/image/360495100/?terms=%22muscatine%2Bfoods%22%2B%22kent%22%2B%22blue%2Bseal%22 | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} 26. ^{{cite news | last =| first = | title =Blue Seal Feeds Inc. | newspaper =| publisher =Pet Product News | date =March 5, 2007 | url =http://www.petproductnews.com/March-2007/Blue-Seal-Feeds-Inc./ | accessdate =September 13, 2018}} External links
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