Greeley, CO, Beef Production Facility
In 2015, the JBS USA Greeley team recognized some major energy reduction opportunities throughout the plant and began implementing substantial projects to decrease usage. After several years of successfully spearheading further energy reduction initiatives, the plant found a new partner in its local utility company, Colorado Xcel Energy, and began utilizing their support to pursue…
Sanford, NC, Poultry Complex
On Sept. 19, the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) awarded its 2019 Clean Water Award, in the full treatment category, to our Pilgrim’s Sanford, NC, processing facility. The Sanford team was selected for this recognition by a committee of industry engineers, university personnel and industry media for going above and beyond in their commitment…
Cold Spring, MN, Poultry Complex
Congratulations to the Cold Spring, MN, Pilgrim’s team for receiving the 2019 Industrial Water Quality Achievement Award. Each year, the Water Environment Federation presents this national honor to a corporation that best demonstrates significant, lasting and measurable excellence in water quality improvement or in the prevention of water quality degradation as demonstrated by innovative design…
Marshalltown, IA, Pork Production Facility
In April 2019, JBS USA Marshalltown completed a new $9.2 million, 10,000 square-foot pretreatment wastewater facility to more effectively process plant wastewater and extract previously-lost, sellable product. Since the treatment facility’s opening, Marshalltown has decreased the total suspended solids in its wastewater by approximately 43 percent and its biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) by more than…
JBS Food Canada
With more than 28 projects completed by Continuous Improvement Teams (CITs) in the JBS Food Canada business, our Canadian team members made meaningful changes throughout the Brooks, AB, facility in 2018. As voted by the JBS Food Canada management team, the facility’s 2018 Canadian CIT Award was presented to a group of team members who…
JBS Food Canada
In 2018, the JBS Food Canada Brooks, AB, team moved away from using thermal interventions in the chad cabinet on the facility’s harvest floor. Instead, the facility now utilizes peracetic acid (PAA) chemical intervention. In light of the PAA recycle system’s successful application across JBS USA Fed Beef facilities, the system was implemented at Brooks…
JBS Food Canada
In 2018, the JBS Food Canada team began a project to replace more than 780 lights throughout the Brooks facility with LED fixtures. While all lights previously utilized 400 watt bulbs, the new 150 watt LED bulbs have resulted in energy savings of more than 1,730,100 kWh – or $86,000 annually. As an average Canadian…
JBS USA Beef
Five Rivers is the world’s largest cattle-feeding company, with 11 feedyards in six U.S. States. Collectively, the feedyards have a one-time feeding capacity of more than 900,000 head of cattle and market more than 1.8 million head of cattle per year. In addition to being JBS USA Beef’s most strategic partner, Five Rivers has partnered…
JBS USA and Pilgrim’s
JBS USA facilities have a full calendar of annual, monthly and weekly recognition events. Some of the events held in 2018 were: Green Bay, WI, Beef Production Facility: Team Members of the Month Beardstown, IL, Pork Production Facility: Good Job Award, Conservation Award, Impact Award, Annual Trainer Appreciation Day Grand Island, NE, Beef Production Facility: Employment…
JBS USA and Pilgrim’s
The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) recognizes production facilities for outstanding performance in team member health and safety. Awards levels are as follows, starting with the highest recognition: Honor, Merit, Commendation and Certificate of Recognition. Awards are earned based on an evaluation of the actual safety performance, as well as the implementation of an effective…
