Eh, what's up, Doc? What's up is the crop at Bolthouse Farms. The company is one of the country's largest producers of fresh-cut carrots. Bolthouse offers all things carrot, including fresh and frozen whole carrots, carrot sticks and chips, carrot (and other) chilled juices and smoothies, and those cute little pre-cut and pre-peeled baby carrots for both retail consumers and foodservice industry customers. Its other products include orange juice, passion fruit juice, fruit smoothies, chai tea, Bom Dia açaí juice, and lemonade. The company also makes a line of Bolthouse Farms-branded salad dressings. Bolthouse Farms grows its carrots year-round and ships more than 35,000 tons of Bugs' favorite every month.

Barkley Seed has sowing possibilities. The firm supplies grain seeds, mainly wheat and barley. Its seed varieties are adapted to five growing regions in the US -- the Central Plains, East, Northern Plains, Northwest, and Southwest -- depending on customer location. Choosing not to sell on the retail market, Barkley focuses on the research and development of identity-preserved seed varieties (those that maintain their genetic makeup). R&D is largely funded through royalties, which are generated from seed sales to licensed growers. Barkley licenses growers nationwide and operates facilities in Arizona and California. In 2009 it sold WestBred, its indirectly owned wheat germplasm unit, to biotech giant Monsanto.

DFA is one of the world's largest dairy cooperatives, with some 17,000 member/farmers nationwide. Some 1.8 million cows belonging to member/farmers produce about 62 billion pounds of milk a year, which DFA markets. Along with fresh and shelf-stable fluid milk, the co-op produces cheese, butter, dried whey, dried milk powder, and other dairy products for industrial, wholesale, and retail customers worldwide. It also offers contract manufacturing services. The co-op has some 30 manufacturing sites located throughout the country. DFA, which netted more than $8 billion in sales in 2009, is a major supplier to US dairy powerhouse, Dean Foods.

PYCO Industries is a member-owned cooperative with cottonseed oil mills located in Lubbock, Texas. Used by food manufacturers and other foodservice companies, its oil is shipped to customers across the country. The coop also markets whole cottonseed as well as such byproducts as cottonseed hulls and cottonseed meal used in livestock feed. Cottonseed linters, another byproduct, is used by manufacturers for mattresses and upholstery padding, as well as in the paper and plastics industries. PYCO boasts more than 60 cotton gins in the southern US.

MarketFare Foods company manufactures handheld, ready-to-eat food items including fresh and frozen burritos, sandwiches, and baked goods. Its products are sold in vending machines, as well as in convenience, retail grocery, drug, and warehouse and club stores throughout the US. MarketFare Foods company also serves clients in the foodservice industry. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, MarketFare operates three production plants located in Arizona, Utah, and Virginia. Its brands include AllStars, Bistro to-go, Smiley's Sandwiches, Sonritos, and Old Santa Fe.

Got some hungry cattle? Tell 'em to loosen their golden belts and hit the feedlot. Golden Belt Feeders operates four cattle feedlots and markets more than 125,000 head of fattened cattle per year in the Arkansas River Valley of Kansas. The company raises its own cattle as well as offering custom cattle-feeding for other ranchers. Golden Belt takes care of the feeding, nutrition, and health of the animals it fattens for market. In addition it offers risk-management and financing services. Golden Belt Feeders was founded by owners Merlin and Nelva Grimes in 1968.

Frozen Specialties company makes private-label frozen pizzas (in value-priced, lean, and microwaveable variations) and a frozen pizza-flavored snack called Pizza Bites for the North American convenience and grocery store markets. Its pizzas are primarily sold under store-brand names at major grocery chains. Frozen Specialties, Inc., (also known as FSI) is a top player in the frozen pizza industry and produces more than 100 million pizzas every year. Investment firm Swander Pace Capital is the majority owner of Frozen Specialties.

Seafreeze company is a producer of bait products for the fishing industry, with freezing capacities both on water and land. Operating on the East Coast of the US, Seafreeze processes and packages such underused species as butterfish, Illex and Loligo squid, Atlantic mackerel, and Atlantic herring. Seafreeze operates two freezer trawlers (Persistence and Relentless) and an onshore freezing and cold-storage facility, from which it ships frozen seafood to both domestic and international customers. Part of the storage operation is available to the public for cold storage. Seafreeze's products are used as bait on longline ship fleets.

Distributors Processing, Inc. is a privately owned corporation. The DPI employees are individually dedicated to serving our customers in a timely and efficient manner. We truly believe in "Taking Care of Business" because our customers are No. 1 with us!Our President, Randy Walker, Ph.D., PAS and our Salesmen; Mike Cody, Mike Rincker, Ph.D., Kendal Thompson, Dennis Eike and Arius Schiff work hand in hand with the home office and our numerous Distributors worldwide to provide the best possible assistance and support to our customers. Our products are 100 percent natural because "We Care" about you, your families, neighbors and the environment. All of our products are developed with these thoughts in mind. We welcome any ideas or communication from you that might assist us in finding a better way to serve you and your needs. Should you have any questions regarding us or our products, please feel free to contact us and we'll make every effort to respond to you as soon as possible.

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