CEREAL BYPRODUCTS Since 1917, Cereal Byproducts Company has provided manufacturers with the raw materials necessary to produce finish feed products. The company handles an enormous variety of feed ingredients generated by various segments of the food industry from across the United States and around the world. Whether the finish feed product you produce is for small or large mammals, birds, fish, reptiles or insects, Cereal Byproducts has the ingredients your feed formulas require. WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS WHY CHOOSE US? Cereal Byproducts has been in business for over 100 years. This has been accomplished through the execution of exceptional service and value provided through industry knowledge over our corporate lifespan. It is no small feat to be in business for over 100 years, which speaks volumes to who we are, and we would like the opportunity to prove it to you. Ingredient Selection Size & Packaging Shipping & Delivery WANT TO SPEAK TO A CEREAL BYPRODUCTS EXPERT? CALL 1-800-369-1550 ABOUT US Cereal Byproducts Company has provided its customers with up to the minute market information on feed ingredient pricing, availability, as well as the latest trends. We serve our customers by introducing them to ingredients that help lower their overall feed costs. We arrange transport of the goods, and can also have them shipped in bulk, totes, or 50 lb. bags. Whether you are making a feed for beef cattle, dairy, poultry, pets, birds, insects, reptiles, large or small mammals, we have the ingredients that will fit into your formulas. We have helped food companies, grain elevators and all types of companies that have some manner of organic material that can’t be used for human consumption. We have done this by gathering all of the necessary information and then finding a solution to this matter. We handle everything from dry to wet waste, pallet quantity to truckloads and railcar quantities. When we buy this material from a company they can count on the following; excellent service & follow through. Our vendors also know that when they sell something to Cereal Byproducts, they are going to get paid. We know you spend a lot of money for feed ingredients. We work hard to save you time and money. Our team of ingredient specialists is ready to talk with you, your nutritionist, or your production team to help you with this part of your business. Call us today to discuss what you have at your facility and let us work to find a smooth running, profitable solution. PRODUCTS These are some of the ingredients Cereal Byproducts can offer you: Alfalfa Products Barley Products Beef, Lamb & Pork Products Beet Products Beverage Industry Products Buckwheat Products Canola Products Citrus Products Cooked Products Corn Products Cotton Products Fats and Oils Flax Products Marine Products Milk Products Millet, Milo, Safflower & Sunflower Products Oat Mill Byproducts Oat Products Organic Products: OCIA Certified Other Products Peanut Products Poultry Products Rice Products Rye Products Soybean Products Wheat Products HISTORY In 1917, Smith Academy, a preparatory school for Washington University in St. Louis, closed its doors and left a young English teacher William O. Greene without a job. Within five months, Greene partnered with John Reid and Joe Matthews, both of National Oats Company, to form Cereal Byproducts Company. The new firm traded grain byproducts for use in animal feed. Indeed, the first beneficiaries of the company were the army mules used as beasts of burden in World War I. By the end of the first year of operation, Cereal Byproducts had three offices — St. Louis, Chicago, and Memphis. They advertised “Everything for Mixed Feeds: Alfalfa Meal, Hominy Feed, and Oat Feed. We are in touch with the best mills.” The Company continued to thrive as American agriculture fed the Allies, whose lands had become battlefields and whose farmers were themselves at war. As European agriculture recovered following World War I, however, the demand for American products declined and a recession ensued. Cereal Byproducts nearly went out of business, as they candidly implied in a series of advertisements in 1921: “Business has returned from Hell. May was a good month. June will be better;” and ”Someone said he was surprised we were still in the game…the more difficult the game, the more valuable our services to other players.” Optimism and perseverance prevailed, and Cereal Byproducts did survive. In 1923, Reid and Matthews sold their shares to three employees then active in the Company: William F. Becker, who had joined Cereal Byproducts in 1919, Elsor Heater, manager of the Chicago office, and Irene Reiser, one of the few women active in the agricultural brokerage business. Becker went on to become president and remained with the company until his retirement in 1965, and Reiser was active until her retirement in 1948. By 1928, Cereal Byproducts had offices in St. Louis, Chicago, Memphis, Buffalo, and Minneapolis. The following year, the company moved its headquarters from St. Louis to Chicago; and when the Board of Trade Building opened in 1930, they moved into that building. They remained there until 1975, when they established their headquarters in Mount Prospect, Illinois. The Depression affected Cereal Byproducts, along with most other businesses worldwide. In 1932, they were forced to close their St. Louis office. Within two years, however, they reopened it, a sign of improved financial times. By 1937, the company had offices in Chicago, Buffalo, St. Louis, Kansas City, Boston, and Minneapolis. An article in the Chicago Tribune in 1954 noted that Cereal Byproducts was one of the oldest and largest feed brokerages in the nation, and that all offices were “connected by private communication lines. It is possible to complete a sale thousands of miles away in two or three minutes.” Today, Cereal Byproducts has 7 offices and 27 traders, serving the needs of feed customers all over North America. The Company is headquartered in Mount Prospect, Illinois. SERVICES Here are some of the core services that Cereal Byproducts Company has been providing for suppliers and customers since 1917: Up to the minute market information on ingredients Re-packaging of ingredients to fit your needs Strategic Marketing Partnership programs for many different feedstuffs Making sure your material is shipped via the right mode and in the agreed upon time Helping you with any ingredient quality issues that you might experience Assisting you in getting fair market value for your ingredients And with Cereal Byproducts Company you are dealing with a sound financial company that is a known entity in both the food and feed industries.