What Semo Milling does

SEMO Milling, LLC is a privately-held, single-site commercial dry yellow corn mill established in 2007 and headquartered at 261 River Road, Scott City, Missouri. The company processes yellow corn into value-added dry ingredients — granulations of grits, meals, cones, flours, bran, and whole grain corn products (including certified gluten-free lines) — sold to food and beverage manufacturers across the United States and internationally. A separate feed division produces Premium Hominy Meal (a high-protein, high-fat mixture of corn germ, grits, flour, bran, and screenings) and Whole Corn Meal for livestock, poultry, dairy, and pet food industries, while a parallel subsidiary, Tiger Soy, LLC, processes locally grown soybeans into soy flour, oil, and hulls.

The company's technology stack is built around advanced dry corn milling processing equipment and a rigorous intake quality assurance protocol that tests every incoming sample for mycotoxin contamination (rejecting samples exceeding 8ppb aflatoxin or 6ppm fumonison), damage, foreign material, protein, starch, oil, and density levels. SEMO operates a proprietary grower portal and mobile application for grain suppliers, providing scale tickets, contracts, and real-time cash bids, and maintains a dedicated in-house transportation team for direct delivery. The company holds gluten-free certification on its dry corn line and FDA compliance certification for its whole corn feed product.

SEMO's business model is direct, sales-led B2B commodity processing: customers transact by phone with corporate sales staff and receive quote-based pricing on one-time purchases, with no disclosed subscription, licensing, or long-term contract economics. End markets are segmented horizontally between food and beverage ingredient buyers (primary) and livestock/feed industries (primary), with the soy subsidiary extending the addressable customer base into industrial soy users. Ownership appears locally controlled with no institutional investor or parent company disclosed, and management is led by Dan Fetherston (Vice President & General Manager) and Terry Kleisinger (Owner & Vice President of Sales).

Name

Semo Milling

Legal name

SEMO Milling, LLC

Website

https://semomilling.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SEMO Milling is a privately-held, single-site commercial dry yellow corn mill in Scott City, Missouri that processes corn into dry ingredients (grits, meals, flours, bran) for U.S. food and beverage manufacturers, plus feed products for livestock and a soy-processing subsidiary, Tiger Soy, LLC.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Dry Corn Milling & Food Ingredient Manufacturing

NAICS

Grain and Oilseed Milling (3112), Animal Food Manufacturing (31111), Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing (311224)

SIC

Grain Mill Products (2040)

akta.pro primary industry

Rice & Grain Processing (milling, polishing, parboiling, blending) (AFAKABAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Livestock Complete Feed Milling & Blending (Cattle/Swine/Poultry) (AFADAIAA), Byproduct & Co-Product Feed Blending (DDGS, soybean hulls, wheat midds) (AFADAIAG)

Keywords

• Dry corn milling
• Corn ingredient manufacturing
• Premium hominy meal
• Soy flour processing
• Feed ingredient supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Scott City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Dry Corn Ingredients Sales: Revenue generated from processing and selling dry corn ingredients including granulations of grits, meals, cones, flours, bran, and whole grain corn products to food and beverage companies.
2. Premium Hominy Meal Sales: Sales of high-protein, high-fat feed ingredient to livestock, poultry, dairy and pet food industries.
3. Tiger Soy Products Sales: Revenue from soy flour, oil and hulls sold under the Tiger Soy brand to food and industrial customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

SEMO Milling processes dry yellow corn into value-added ingredients for food and beverage manufacturers, including granulations of grits, meals, cones, flours, bran, and whole grain corn products (certified gluten-free). The company also produces Premium Hominy Meal and Whole Corn Meal feed ingredients for livestock, poultry, dairy and pet food industries, and operates the Tiger Soy sub-brand producing soy flour, soy oil, and soy hulls.

Product overview

Semo Milling operates as a single-product commercial dry yellow corn mill offering a portfolio of four core products. The primary offerings include Dry Corn Ingredients (grits, meals, cones, flours, bran, and whole grain corn products), Premium Hominy Meal (high-protein livestock feed), Tiger Soy (soy flour, oil and hulls), and Whole Corn Meal (premium livestock feedstock). The company serves food, beverage, and livestock industries with products that undergo mycotoxin testing and rigorous quality assurance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tiger Soy: Brand for soy-based ingredients including soy flour, oil, and hulls. Operated as Tiger Soy, LLC.

Products and services

• Dry Corn Ingredients Value-added dry corn ingredients offered in granulations of grits, meals, cones, flours, bran, and whole grain corn products; certified gluten-free. For food and beverage companies requiring consistent, food-safe corn ingredients for manufacturing.
• Premium Hominy Meal High-protein, high-fat feed ingredient — a mixture of corn germ, grits, high-fat flour, extraneous corn meal, bran, and screenings — for livestock, poultry, dairy, and pet food industries, combining superior feed value with competitive pricing versus traditional feed corn.
• Tiger Soy (Soy Flour, Oil and Hulls) Soy-based ingredients including soy flour, soy oil, and soy hulls, processed from locally grown soybeans using up-to-date processing equipment and leading management methods; certified gluten-free, for food and industrial customers.
• Whole Corn Meal Premium feed made from whole corn kernels — pre-ground components of whole corn reconstituted into a superior feedstock that is higher in fat and protein than traditional shelled corn, with concentrated essential amino acids (lysine and tryptophan); complies with US FDA established limits.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Didion Milling: U.S. dry corn miller producing food-grade corn ingredients (grits, meals, flours) and ethanol co-products. Directly comparable dry corn milling footprint, customer base, and product portfolio.
• MGP Ingredients: Producer of specialty corn-based ingredients (flours, grits, texturized proteins) and distilled spirits. Comparable product mix of dry corn ingredients serving food/beverage customers.
• LifeLine Foods: Farmer-owned dry corn miller producing flaking grits, corn meals, flours, and whole grain ingredients for food and beverage customers. Closely aligned business model and product set.
• Penford Food Ingredients (a Penford brand): Specializes in specialty starches and ingredient systems derived from corn and other grains for food applications. Comparable specialty corn-based ingredient business serving food formulators.

Broad incumbents

• Ingredion Incorporated: Global ingredient solutions company with a large corn-based ingredients portfolio (starches, sweeteners, flours) serving food and beverage manufacturers. Overlaps with SEMO's food ingredient offering at much greater scale.
• Tate & Lyle: Global food and beverage ingredients company with corn-based specialty ingredients and starches. Comparable customer base and category, broader portfolio and global reach.
• Cargill: One of the largest global grain processors and ingredient suppliers, with substantial corn milling and oilseed processing operations. Competes in the same buyer-supplier conversations at larger scale.
• ADM (Archer Daniels Midland): Global agribusiness and ingredient supplier with corn milling, oilseed processing, and animal nutrition lines. Overlaps with SEMO across food ingredients, feed, and soybean processing (Tiger Soy).
• Bunge Limited: Major global grain processor and oilseed crusher with significant corn and soy processing capabilities. Overlaps with SEMO's corn ingredients and Tiger Soy's oilseed product lines.

Emerging players

• Gage Food Ingredients: Mid-sized dry food ingredient manufacturer producing corn-based blends, flours, and mixes for food manufacturers. Comparable niche positioning in dry corn ingredient processing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/semomilling

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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