1950s |
Cotton Producers form Gold Kist Peanuts |
1964 |
Gold Kist buys peanut plants in Texas and Virginia |
1980 |
ADM buys Southern Cotton Oil and Carter Warehouse |
1981 |
ADM buys Columbian Peanut Company |
1986 |
Golden Peanut Company forms through ADM and Gold Kist joint venture |
1989 |
Alimenta joins Golden Peanut partnership |
1992 |
Golden Peanut buys Dothan Oil Mill |
2000 |
Cargill joins Golden Peanut partnership, including operations in Argentina |
2001 |
Ownership of Golden Peanut is consolidated among Cargill, ADM and Alimenta |
2002 |
Golden Peanut ownership is consolidated among ADM and Alimenta. Golden acquires Dawson, Georgia, oil mill |
2004 |
Golden builds specialty products plant in Blakely, Georgia for peanut flour, aromatic peanut oil and peanut extract |
2007 |
Golden oil refinery opens in Dawson |
2010 |
ADM acquires Alimenta interest |
2013 |
Golden Peanut acquires 80 percent ownership in the assets of P- Farm Agente, one of South Africa’s leading peanut processors, and 50 percent ownership in the assets of South Africa Pecans, its affiliated pecan business |
2014 |
Golden Peanut acquires assets of SA Groundnut Marketing in South Africa |
2014 |
Golden Peanut becomes Golden Peanut and Tree Nuts |
2014 |
Golden acquires Harrell Nut Company, a leading processor and sheller of pecans. |
2017 |
Golden acquires tree nut processing plants in California and forms the Processing and Distribution division. |