please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message gavilon is a commodity management firm based in omaha nebraska . the company is organized into two operating segments contents 1 operating segments 2 history 3 references 4 external links operating segments edit grain & ingredients gavilon originates stores and distributes grains and oilseeds as well as feed and food ingredients to food manufacturers livestock producers poultry processors soybean processors and ethanol producers worldwide . fertilizer the company also partners with offshore suppliers and leverages its global logistics system to provide customers competitively priced fertilizer . 1 gavilon uses the futures market to manage price risk associated with inventory positions and forward contracts . history edit the company s history dates back to 1874 2 when peavey company built its first grain facility . in 1982 peavey was acquired by conagra foods inc. 3 and later became part of conagra trade group . in 2008 a group of investors formed gavilon and acquired conagra trade group enabling the privately held company to focus on growing its commodity business . 4 in 2010 gavilon acquired the debruce companies 5 which significantly expanded the company s agricultural operations . in 2013 marubeni corporation one of the largest general trading companies in japan purchased the company s agriculture assets and businesses . 6 later that year gavilon s energy business was sold to ngl energy partners lp nyse ngl . 7 today gavilon employs 2 000 people around the world and is the second largest grain handler in north america based on storage capacity . references edit http www.gavilon.com commodities agriculture http www.gavilon.com about gavilon http www.conagrafoods.com http www.gavilon.com news conagra foods completes sale its trading and merchandising operations investor group led osprai http www.gavilon.com news gavilon llc completes acquisition debruce companies http www.gavilon.com news gavilon statement acquisition marubeni corporation http www.gavilon.com news ngl energy partners lp completes acquisition gavilons energy business external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gavilon & oldid 669406784 categories companies based in nebraskaprivately held companies in the united statesgrain companies of the united stateshidden categories articles needing additional references from may 2012all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 june 2015 at 23 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view