Fairview Mills, a division of J-Six, provides a full line of Milling services – Contract Extrusion, Contract Manufacturing, Contract Packaging, Pelleting, Blending, and Bagging.
J-Six and Fairview Mills offer a full line of Transloading Services, Storage, Bulk Storage & Distribution.
Our pet food treat manufacturing facilities offer contract services for the highest quality pet treats. Our main facility located in Kansas City, KS (Kansas City Treats), provides Contract Extrusion, Contract Manufacturing, and Contract Packaging.
J-Six has its own trucking fleet called Fairview Express and provides superior transportation and shipping services at a reasonable cost. Whether it’s our pneumatics, tankers, hoppers, flatbeds, van trailers, belt wagons or auger tanks–we have the equipment to handle your specialized needs.
J-Six Farms & Livestock is a family farm with a worldwide reach. Whether it’s milling, farming, livestock, or trucking, our family treats our employees and our customers like family—and that’s a big family!
Work with a great family-owned company with many opportunities to grow in your career. Our company offers a comprehensive benefits package, generous paid time off with many other benefits. We are constantly accepting resumes due to our growth in milling, livestock, farming, and transportation services.
PET FOOD INGREDIENT PACKAGING
Fairview Mills (a division of J-Six Enterprises) is the leader in pet food ingredient packaging. Packaging is available in a variety of sizes, from small bags to large 50-pound bags to super-sized bags that can hold 1,000 to 2,000 pounds. We will take your pet food products and ingredients in bags and totes, then run them through our packaging line. You will receive fully customizable packages.
WHY YOU NEED CONTRACT PET FOOD INGREDIENT PACKAGING
Your customers may not require a full truckload to transport your pet food proteins. We can take your pet food ingredient totes, which are filled with high quality wheat gluten or soy proteins, and detote them and repackage them into smaller pallets of fifty-pound bags. Fairview Mills will bag your pet food ingredients to your specifications. We also run your ingredients through our sifting machine! You will be treated as a partner when you work with us for contract packaging. We want to partner with you in order to make sure your customer receives only the best products.
GAPFA brings together 13 national and regional pet food associations globally as well as corporate members with a focus on food for dogs and cats. GAPFA was officially established in November 2014 under Belgian law.
The GAPFA mission is to support the health and wellbeing of pets and to promote the benefits of living with them, by providing a forum for global industry consensus to address key mutual issues. Its vision is to be recognized as the global voice of the pet food industry. The focus of GAPFA is to harness the collective knowledge and experience of the global pet food industry with the objective to develop science-based global nutritional and safety standards which will provide reference and will facilitate trade of pet food.
Pet Food Institute (PFI) is the main Trade Association of dog and cat food manufacturers in the USA. Affiliate members of PFI include the leading suppliers of equipment, ingredients, packaging and services to the United States pet food industry.
The PFI was organized in 1958 as the national trade association of dog and cat food manufacturers in the United States of America. Active members of PFI produce 95% of the total dog and cat food tonnage in the United States. Affiliate members of PFI include the leading suppliers of equipment, ingredients, packaging and services to the United States pet food industry. PFI works closely with veterinarians, humane groups and local animal control officers to encourage responsible dog and cat ownership. It also represents the industry before legislative and regulatory bodies at the federal and state levels.
Established in 1970, the Fédération Européenne de l’Industrie des Aliments pour Aminaux Familiers (FEDIAF), the European Pet Food Industry Federation, represents the pet food industry in Europe and unites the national professional organizations of 26 European countries, whether or not belonging to the EU, via 18 national or regional pet food industry associations[1]. The FEDIAF represents around 650 companies[1] responsible for producing more than 90% of European pet food. The national organizations represent manufacturers, packers and importers of prepared pet food, including foods for dogs, cats, birds, and other pets.
The FEDIAF represents the European pet food industry in all external forums. Through its national Associations, the FEDIAF also collaborates with local and national authorities. As a competent partner, FEDIAF cooperates with the European authorities to implement pet food law designed to ensure the manufacture and distribution of safe, nutritionally balanced and palatable pet food products. This has led to a development of Self Regulation in a form of three industry Codes, which have been recognized by the EU authorities. The 3 self-regulating FEDIAF Codes are
Wherever possible, FEDIAF strongly encourages responsible dog and cat ownership.
Pet Food Ingredient Packaging J-Six Enterprises
Fairview Mills understands that it is often less expensive to store and transport pet food or pet food ingredients in bags as opposed to loose, bulk products. Fairview Mills is one the many J-Six Enterprises divisions. We have the infrastructure to handle your bulk, loose pet food ingredients, and then bag them to your specifications. This makes it easier to move your products across the product line, from raw product to ready for use. For example, you can send your whole corn to us and we will unload, mill, and package it as you require. The raw corn can now be used for the next step of the pet food processing process.
THE FAIRVIEW MILLS TREATMENT
If you plan to pack your pet food ingredients into bags and totes you need to make sure they are quality-controlled. To ensure that your pet food ingredients are properly packaged, we run each product through our analytics laboratory to check for moisture, nutrients, and other metrics. We then sift through your ingredients vigorously to remove as much dust and chaff as possible. This process will improve the quality of pet food ingredients and ensure that your fifty-pound bag is completely filled with your product, not with chaff or dust. If you are able to trust that a bag of fifty pounds of corn flour is actually fifty, you will be able track inventory more accurately.
TYPES OF BAGS AVAILABLE FOR PET FOOD INGREDIENT PACKAGING
Fairview Mills is committed to solving any problem that a supplier of pet food ingredients may face. We offer small and large-quantity bags, as well as paper and poly bags. Additionally, we have multiple sealing options. Each bag comes with its own set of pros and cons. Fairview Mills has the right solution for all your pet food ingredient packaging needs!
25 Kilogram Bag - Our Smallest Size For Pet Food Ingredient Packaging
The twenty-five kg bag is our smallest bag for pet food ingredient packaging. Fairview Mills, a division J-Six Enterprises', offers pet food ingredient packaging. It is designed for easy transport and storage, but not as final product packaging. Clients often choose to purchase our larger capacity bags, super sacks, and totes. Fairview Mills remains committed to finding solutions for all customers. We can also handle your smaller-scale contract packaging requirements. These bags come in a range of different construction materials and sealing methods. Multiwall paper bags are eco-friendly and can be sealed with sewing or pinching. Available in sewn or heat sealed options, there are many polyethylene bags and Polypropylene bag options.
50 Pound Bag - Perfect For Pallets
Clients seeking manageable and stackable bags up to fifty pounds are well served by fifty pound bags. These bags can be used in individual or palletized stacks. These bags come in a range of different construction materials and sealing methods. Multi-wall paper bags, which are eco-friendly alternatives to plastic bags, are usually sealed by sewing or pinching. There are many options for polyethylene bags, including polypropylene bags. They can be heat sealed or sewn sealed. Our 50-pound bags are not intended to be finished product packaging but ingredient packaging. This packaging is ideal for pet food ingredients and allows for easy transport and storage.
1000 Pound Tote-Poly Lined
It is helpful to have totes that can easily hold large quantities of pet food and ingredients. The 11,000 pound totes can be used for bulk storage and transportation of pet food ingredients. These poly-lined totes offer strength and durability. The poly lining will protect your high-quality pet foods ingredients from getting lost in the exterior fabric's weave. These large capacity containers are designed for storage and transport, not final packaging. Before filling these bags weighing over a thousand pounds with quality products, we run the ingredients of your pet food through our sifting machine.
2000 Pound Super Saack - Our largest size for pet food ingredient bulk storage
This bulk bag (also known as a Super Sack) is one of our most preferred options for contract packaging. Super sacks are strong and durable, and can store a lot of pet food and ingredients. This helps to reduce packaging costs per pound. These super sacks can either be stored or transported on their own. Due to their box corner design, super bags can even be stacked together! After we have run your pet food ingredients through the sifting process, these large bags of two thousand pound capacity are filled with your high-quality products. These large totes have a large capacity and are not intended to be finished product packaging.
People Also Asked
Dry pet foods are made by mixing dry and wet ingredients together to form a dough. In the extrusion process, the dough is heated under pressure, then pushed through a die machine that cuts the kibbles. Kibble size and shape varies according to the product specification. The kibbles are dried, cooled and spray coated.
While dry milling is less capital intensive, it also yields less ethanol per bushel of corn than wet milling (Rajagopalan, et al., 2005). Wet milling involves steeping the corn for up to 48 hours to assist in separating the parts of the corn kernel.
The pet industry comprises live animal purchases, pet food, pet supplies, pet services such as grooming and boarding, and vet care. Pet food and treats were estimated to make up the largest share of the market in the United States in 2021.