industry agribusiness agriculture food industry founded 1813 ; 203 years ago 1813 headquarters 767 fifth avenue new york ny united states corporate key people paul j. fribourg chairman president and ceo michael j zimmerman cfo products poultry pork beef investment revenue 14.1 billion us fy 2011 number of employees 13 500 website contigroup companies inc. formed in 1813 contigroup companies inc cgc was originally founded by simon fribourg in arlon belgium as a grain trading firm . formerly known as continental grain contigroup has expanded into a multinational corporation with offices and facilities in 10 countries while employing more than 13 500 people worldwide . today cgc is one of the largest privately held corporations in the united states . contents 1 contigroup businesses 1.1 wayne farms llc 1.2 contiasia 1.3 premium standard farms 1.4 contilatin 1.5 five rivers ranch 1.6 contiinvestments 2 history 3 references 4 external links contigroup businesses edit headquartered in new york ny contigroup has offices and facilities in 10 countries while employing more than 13 500 people worldwide . cgc s businesses include ventures into poultry pork beef animal feed aquaculture and flour milling . additionally cgc also provides investment services in securities real estate and private equity through its contiinvestment business unit . wayne farms llc edit agriculture history history of organic farming british agricultural revolution green revolution neolithic revolution farming dairy dryland extensive free range grazing hobby intensive animal crop natural organic pig poultry other types aquaculture aquaponics hydroponics orchard ranching sharecropping slash and burn stock free sustainable urban related agribusiness agricultural engineering agricultural science agroecology agroforestry agronomy animal husbandry sheep crop diversity ecology livestock mechanisation permaculture lists government ministries universities and colleges categories agriculture by country companies biotechnology livestock meat industry poultry farming agriculture and agronomy portal v t e main article wayne farms llc formerly known as the poultry division of contigroup companies wayne farms llc is the sixth largest vertically integrated producer and processor of poultry in the united states . since its spin off in 1965 wayne farms has grown its processing capacity to 250 million chickens annually . its 13 processing facilities span the southeast region of the united states with its corporate headquarters located in oakwood georgia . contiasia edit conti chia tai international headquartered in hong kong contiasia has been operating in china for almost three decades . contiasia operates more than thirty companies that are classified into one of its four business units conti chia tai international contifeed group great wall northeast asia corp and meat merchandising . conti chia tai international ccti is a joint venture 50 50 with thailand s largest agricultural company charoen pokphand . it operates five feed mills an aqua feed mill and a premix plant in guangdong province in southern china . contifeed group is majority owned and operated by contigroup . with operations throughout china production takes place mainly in central and northern china . these sites include four feed mills more than ninety distribution nodes and a poultry breeder farm and hatchery . great wall northeast asia corporation gwnac is only partially owned by contigroup . with operations located in the northeast and on the east coast of china gwnac operates six feed mills four poultry breeder farms and hatcheries five poultry processing plants and three further processing facilities . meat merchandising is based in hong kong and panyu . its primary mission is to market and sell us and other foreign country s frozen poultry products to china . in fact this is the primary method that wayne farms and sanderson farms poultry products are sold in china . premium standard farms edit main article premium standard farms inc premium standard farms inc formed in 1988 premium standard farms inc psf was founded with the aim of creating a standardized method for which to produce premium pork . to accomplish this goal the company decided to pursue full vertical integration the first in the united states to do so . in 1998 contigroup companies inc formerly known as continental grain company acquired a majority interest in psf . today premium standard farms is the second largest pork producer and the sixth largest processor in the united states with operations in missouri north carolina and texas . the company sells fresh and frozen pork products to domestic retailers further processors foodservice providers and export customers from more than 20 countries . in 2007 premium standard farms was acquired by smithfield foods . contilatin edit as a business unit with operations in the united states the caribbean and in central and south america contilatin manages many operations throughout the western hemisphere . the company operates a shrimp farm and hatchery in ecuador and it also runs integrated poultry operations in both venezuela and peru . contilatin also operates feed and flour mills in the french west indies and recently opened a new high tech flour mill in haiti with the haitian government in a joint venture . additionally the company took over the grain trading business in nicaragua becoming the largest trading company established in the region also the company is invested in a joint venture in atlantic salmon of maine and ducktrap river fish farm to produce salmon shrimp and seafood p t . all of contilatin s operations receive continuous research and technical support from the division s georgia based contitec unit . five rivers ranch edit five rivers ranch formed in may 2005 five rivers ranch cattle feeding llc is an independently operated joint venture between cgc s contibeef and smithfield beef group s mf cattle feeding companies . through the combined feeding capability of smithfield s four feed yards and contibeef s six feed yards five rivers ranch has become the largest cattle feeding operation in the world with a combined feeding capacity of more than 800 000 head . with its headquarters in loveland colorado this new company employs more than 650 employees in facilities throughout texas colorado kansas oklahoma and idaho . in 2009 five rivers or contibeef was acquired by brazilian protein producer jbs . in 2010 five rivers took over calfsource . contiinvestments edit contiinvestments is the financial wing of contigroup companies . it handles a variety of assets including investments in securities real estate and private equity . additionally it holds considerable investments in the areas of food and agribusiness insurance health care financial services transportation and computer systems and software . history edit 1813 the company is founded by simon fribourg in arlon belgium . 1890 1899 the company expands into flour milling and builds its first mill in arlon . 1914 1917 offices moved to london due to the outbreak of world war i. 1919 operations resume in antwerp under the name compagnie continentale d importation . 1921 expanded operations to the united states by establishing continental grain in chicago and then in new york . 1928 continental grain buys a grain elevator in st. louis missouri . this would be the first of seven it would hold by 1935 . 1940 the fribourg family leaves europe to settle in the united states . this was due to the outbreak of world war ii . 1944 the company moves its headquarters from paris to new york and the first ceo michel fribourg is elected . 1964 continental grain makes the first major grain sale by any us company to the soviet union . the deal called for the sale of one million tons of wheat to exportkhleb a soviet grain purchasing agency . 1965 continental grain ventures into the poultry business with its purchase of a majority interest in allied mills . this new division includes livestock production operations as well as processing operations . 1970 operations at allied mills poultry division is expanded to include seven poultry processing facilities as well as three egg production and processing units . 1971 continental grain acquired oroweat a baking company 1972 another major sale to the soviet union is finalized and 10 million tons of grain is sent overseas . 1974 continental grain expands its ownership of allied mills and makes it a wholly owned subsidiary . 1975 coronado feeders is acquired by the company and establishes its first business venture into cattle feeding . 1978 another cattle feeding business xit feeders is acquired by continental grain . 1978 a plant in dobson north carolina is acquired by the poultry division of continental grain . 1979 colorado beef is acquired further expanding the company s cattle feeding business . 1979 in a joint venture with charoen pokphand continental grain opens the first foreign owned feed mill in chinese history . the new venture is called conti chia tai international ccti . 1981 grant county feeders is acquired into the company s cattle feeding business . 1981 oroweat acquired brownberry 1 1984 oroweat is sold to general foods ; brownberry is sold to clayton dubilier & rice 2 1998 continental grain ventures into the pork business with its purchase of a majority interest in premium standard farms inc. 1999 continental grain changes its name to contigroup companies inc after the sale of the company s commodity marketing business to cargill . 2000 the animal nutrition division is sold to hubbard feeds of mankato minnesota . 2000 contifinancial an early originator of subprime loans went bankrupt ; contigroup was the major shareholder . 3 2002 wayne farms llc purchases its thirteenth processing facility at college park georgia . 2004 wayne farms llc begins building a new further processing facility in decatur alabama . 2013 wayne farms llc purchases a processing facility in dothan alabama . references edit brownberry purchased by oroweat . general foods to buy oroweat units in west 1 external links edit contigroup companies inc website wayne farms llc website premium standard farms inc website five rivers ranch cattle feeding company website contigroup press release regarding five rivers ranch smithfield foods press release regarding five rivers ranch colorado state university press release regarding five rivers ranch retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title contigroup companies & oldid 743025283 categories companies established in 1813privately held companies based in new york cityagriculture companies of the united statesfood manufacturers of the united statesmultinational food companiesbrand name meatsgrain companiesfood and drink companies established in 1813hidden categories use mdy dates from march 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit 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