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Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Greeley, Colo., announced a $25 million investment, which includes the construction of a new feed mill facility in Pinckard, Ala., and a $10 million renovation of the company's poultry processing facility in Enterprise, Ala.

Aurora Organic Dairy, Boulder, Colo., expanded its High Plains Dairy Complex east of Eaton with a new dairy—known as the High Meadows Dairy—to add 4,000 acres of farmland and pasture and make room for 3,200 more cows.

Dot Foods, Inc., Mt. Sterling, Ill., selected Dyersburg, Tenn., as the site of the company’s ninth distribution center.

To better serve its customers and meet their needs for beef production, Cargill, Minneapolis, is investing $48 million in a new automated order distribution system for its Dodge City, Kan., processing facility.

Unilever USA, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., will make a $152.5 million investment at its New Century, N.C., spreads manufacturing facility.

Franklin Foods, Delray Beach, Fla., opened the Franklin Foods West manufacturing facility.

Toray Plastics (America), Inc. will begin construction in August on a second cogeneration system at its 70-acre North Kingstown, R.I., headquarters.

Campanelli Construction, Braintree, Mass., completed the construction of a 175,000-square-foot cold storage warehouse for Seafrigo USA Cold Storage in Elizabeth, N.J.

South Florida Logistics Services, a Miami-based subsidiary of Florida East Coast Industries, Inc. (FECI), is requesting the transportation infrastructure funds for the Intermodal Logistics Center (ILC) access roads at FEC Hialeah Yard and 67th Ave., truck loading ramps and internal traffic circulation roads.

J. R. Simplot Co., Boise, Idaho, announced plans to transform a 7.5-acre site into a Simplot complex that serves to honor patriarch J.R. Simplot and house the company’s headquarters.