About Us
Premium Pellets LLC is an owner-operated animal feed pellet manufacturing company located in the fertile Arkansas River Valley of southeast Colorado. We take pride in growing our own product on our surrounding 5,000 acres of irrigated land, and conveniently have access to an additional supply of established alfalfa presently grown within a 75 mile radius of the mill.
The southeast Colorado region is known for its moderate weather conditions with an average of 300 days of sunshine per year, making for perfect conditions to sun dry, or cure, our raw product. Our alfalfa is sun cured by using the sun to naturally dry the hay in the field before it is baled and moved to the mill and then made into pellets. This natural method of drying the alfalfa protects the valuable nutrient content.
Our Mill
The pellet mill has been in continuous operation for over 50 years in its original location and has gone through several upgrades and modernizations which have increased the efficiency and output of the mill. Presently, pellet production is 75 tons per day, or 3,000 fifty-pound bags per day, with an annual production of 20,000 tons, or approximately 800,000 bags per year.
Meet the Team
Ron Peterson
Owner
Ron is a lifelong resident of Lamar, Colorado, with 30 years of experience in manufacturing, including 20 years of experience in production farming. He has owned and managed an aggregate business, trucking business and farming business, and in doing so he has built strong working relationships with customers, suppliers, vendors and governmental agencies. Community has always been a priority to him, and he backs his belief by serving as a board member on the Fort Bent Irrigation Ditch Company and the Lower Arkansas Water Management Association. He has been on the Lamar School District Board of Education for 20 years, serving as president for the last 10 years.
Currently, Ron is the owner of Premium Pellets LLC and is the active business manager. In addition, he owns RockTran LLC, a regional transportation company hauling hay, grain, rock and sand, and Ron Peterson LLC, which is the farming operation furnishing raw materials to Premium Pellets LLC.
Darrell Roth
Manager
Darrell has been involved with agriculture his whole life. As a high school and college student, he began his career employed by Western Alfalfa and quickly attained the experience and knowledge needed to become successful in the alfalfa business. In 1981, he bought his first W.H.O. tub grinder and for 14 years he ran his own business buying, processing and marketing hay that was sold to feedlots. As he expanded, he was a partner in purchasing a 2,500 acre irrigated alfalfa farm east of Lamar where they raised high quality alfalfa for numerous dairies and feedlots in Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
Currently, Darrell is a partner in a chopped alfalfa hay business, buying and selling alfalfa to cattle feeding operations. He is also a partner in Premium Pellets LLC and serves as the facility manager. He is proud of the commitment that Premium Pellets has made to produce quality alfalfa pellets for a variety of livestock and animal needs, and the trust, quality and service that is provided to build customer relationships.
Let's work together!
Want to know more about our products and services? Give us a call.
Office: 719.688.6928. We look forward to hearing from you.