April 2023 - Strategy FINAL - Flipbook - Page 7
Wholestone Farms was founded
in 2018 with a vision to bring the
consumer closer to the farmer.
Today, Wholestone Farms is
owned by 200 family farmers and
continues to follow their vision to
create a unique and
PIPESTONE is offering
investment in YellowStone
Cattle, LLC to create and
capture value in the beef
supply chain for cattle
owners. The YellowStone
Cattle Board of Directors is
value driven and is working
to find an opportunity that
will benefit the 300+ farmer
owners.
SOW FARM
OWNERSHIP
The independent pig
farmer of today faces
challenges different than
generations before them.
Managing a successful
pig business today is
both labor and capital
intensive. Started in 1988,
Pipestone Management
offers farrow-to-finish
management services to
help pig farmers compete
and grow in a consolidating
industry. Today, Pipestone
Management works with over
450 independent farmers,
providing them management
services while they maintain
ownership of their pig
business.
authentic pork supply chain. On
the farm, the 200 farm family
owners proudly raise over 12
million market hogs per year and
care for 400,000 acres of land
across the Midwest. At the plant,
WholeStone Farms proudly
harvests 2.9 million pigs per year
and produces 567 million pounds
of nutritious quality pork.
WholeStone Farms is a pork
processing facility in Freemont,
GreenStone Farmers is
an ownership investment
facilitated by PIPESTONE
to create and capture value
for farmers in the U.S.
carbon market. Taking a
common-sense approach to
carbon farming, GreenStone
FEED MILL
OWNERSHIP
Feed is one of the single
largest cost categories in pig
production. When feasible,
farmers ought to own their
own mill and run it as a cost
center. Pipestone Nutrition
is working to make that
feasible for all farmers. The
model of owning a feed mill
in partnership with other
geographically strategic
Nebraska. Announced in
February 2023, WholeStone
Farms partnered with Prestage
Foods of Iowa to form a joint
venture, Prestage Wholestone,
LLC. Prestage Wholestone will
enhance customer offerings while
streamlining pork sales and
partnering in hog processing
operations. The company will
operate from two plant locations
Fremont, NE & Eagle Grove, IA.
Farmers will focus on
positioning farmers for
success in a new economic
opportunity. GreenStone
Farmers is directly owned
by farmers and the Board of
Directors is working to find
an opportunity that will be a
difference maker for climate
change and a market maker
for farmers.
producers is much like the
sow farm ownership model.
Pipestone Nutrition has the
depth and talent to manage
those farmer-owned mills.
This model allows producers
to own the feed mill without
some of the headaches (labor,
time, expertise) of operating
them, while also operating at
some level of scale. Today,
PIPESTONE manages two
feed mills on behalf of family
farmers.
What is Business Strategy for Me?
Strategy is not hope. Strategy is an intentional long-term plan
to be different from your competition. Finally, strategy is not
written in ink – it is an evolving and iterative plan that seeks to stay
ahead of the market and requires a change in thinking when your
uniqueness comes into question.
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