Pitman Family Farms, 10365 Iona Ave, Hanford, CA 93230, US

J.D. Heiskell & Company, headquartered in Tulare, Calif., is a privately owned grain business that manufacturers and sells specialty animal feeds to dairies in the western United States. The company is one of the country's largest volume feed manufacturers and also supplies Land O'Lakes patrons. Heiskell provides clients with a variety of online transload services, including rail ontrack management, truck release management and live scale records. The company owns three feed manufacturing plants in California and a fourth in Wendell, Idaho. Its main feed manufacturing plant is located in Pixley, Calif. The Tulare plant is used primarily for offloading and storage of materials. The company also has a trading office Elkhorn, Neb. J.D. Heiskell s facility in Pixley employs nearly 150 people.