Flexicon Bulk Bag Filler Speeds Packaging at Kennedy Rice Mill

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the total 2012 U.S. rice harvest is estimated at 196.3 million hundredweight (8.9 million metric tons). The vast majority of this crop comes from six states — Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Texas — an estimated 47.3 million hundredweight (2.1 million metric tons), or about 24 percent, from Louisiana alone. Because the Louisiana harvest takes place primarily over two months, it places a huge demand on the area's processing capacity. Any delay in moving the processed rice to market can result in severe cash flow problems for growers. To deal with this peak demand, Kennedy Rice, one of the largest growers in Louisiana, has constructed a new rice processing facility to convert freshly harvested and dried grain, known as rough rice, into polished white rice ready for sale to customers. Opened in September, 2012 with the capacity to process up to 3 million hundredweight (136,000 metric tons) of rough rice per year, the facility took about two years to build, and cost over $10 million. The Kennedy rice mill fills orders as they are received rather than stockpiling polished white rice in a warehouse. Ninety-five percent of the finished product is shipped in bulk by rail or barge, but a growing amount of it is packaged in 2000 lb (907 kg) bulk bags which the company fills using a TWIN-CENTERPOST™ bulk bag filler from Flexicon Corporation of Bethlehem, PA. For more details: English: https://www.flexicon.com/Article/AA-1... Deutsch: https://www.flexicondeutschland.de/Pa... Français: https://www.flexicon.fr/Article/AA-10... Español: https://www.flexicon.es/Articulo/AA-1... Contact us: +1 (610) 814-2400 [email protected] https://www.flexicon.com Follow us on social media: LinkedIn:   / flexicon-corporation   Be sure to subscribe to our channel to get new video notifications!