Case Information
*1 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF IDAHO
In re: )
) Case No.: 24-40158-NGH MILLENKAMP CATTLE, INC., )
) Chapter 11 Debtor. )
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INTERIM ORDER GRANTING DEBTORS’ EMERGENCY MOTION FOR ENTRY OF AN ORDER AUTHORIZING DEBTOR TO HONOR PREPETITION OBLIGATIONS TO CRITICAL VENDORS
The Debtor’s Emergency Motion for Entry of an Order Authorizing Debtors to Honor Prepetition Obligations to Critical Vendors (Docket No. 23 - the “Motion”) and the Court, having reviewed the Motion and subsequent supplements; having held an interim hearing on the relief requested in the Motion on April 9 and 21 0 1 ; and having heard the statements of counsel in support of the relief requested in the Motion at the hearing, finds that the Court has jurisdiction over this matter under 28 U.S.C. §§ 157 and 1334, that this is a core matter under 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2), that notice of the Motion and the Interim Hearing were sufficient under the circumstances given the nature of the debt owed to the creditors identified herein and that no further notice need be given on an interim basis; and the legal and factual bases set forth in the Motion and at the hearing establish just cause for the relief granted herein; and any objections to the requested relief having been withdrawn or overruled on the merits; and after due deliberation and sufficient cause appearing, and for the reasons outlined on the record at the hearing held April 10, 2024 therefore IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. The Motion is granted on an interim basis subject to the terms of this Interim Order. 1 The bold and underlined text in this Order was modified by the Court.
2. The Court will hold a Final Hearing on the Motion on May 8, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. (MDT). This will be an in-person hearing at the James A. McClure Federal Building and United States Courthouse 550 W. Fort Street, Boise ID, 83724. No party shall be permitted to present evidence or testimony to the Court at the Final Hearing unless that party files a witness list and exhibit list by May 3, 2024.
3. The Debtor s are (Millenkamp Cattle, Inc.) is authorized, but not directed, in their its sole discretion, to continue to pay and/or honor the prepetition claims of the critical vendors listed below, up to the amounts listed, in the ordinary course of their its business on an interim basis, pursuant to the Protocol as described in the Motion and subject to certain Terms and Conditions and the Accountability Requirements, as set forth more fully in the Motion. Debtor shall file an Interim Critical Vendors Report, as defined in the Motion, for the month of April 2024, no later than May 3, 2024. Debtor shall not file the Interim Critical Vendors Report under seal. The vendors authorized to be paid on an interim basis are as follows: H & M Custom: $2,500,000.00
Healthy Earth Enterprises, LLC: $60,000.00
Silage Farmers Group: $2,000,000.00
MWI: $500,000.00
Coastline: $140,000.00
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DATED: April 11, 2024
_________________________ NOAH G. HILLEN Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge *3 Order submitted by: Matthew T. Christensen, counsel for the Debtor Approved as to form:
__/s/ Jason Naess (email approval)_______
Jason Naess, attorney for the U.S. Trustee
United States Bankruptcy Court District of Idaho
In re: Case No. 24-40158-NGH Millenkamp Cattle, Inc Chapter 11
Debtor
CERTIFICATE OF NOTICE The following symbols are used throughout this certificate: Symbol Definition
+ Addresses marked '+' were corrected by inserting the ZIP, adding the last four digits to complete the zip +4, or replacing an incorrect ZIP. USPS regulations require that automation-compatible mail display the correct ZIP. ## Addresses marked '##' were identified by the USPS National Change of Address system as undeliverable. Notices will no longer be delivered by the USPS to these addresses; therefore, they have been bypassed. The debtor's attorney or pro se debtor was advised that the specified notice was undeliverable. Notice by first class mail was sent to the following persons/entities by the Bankruptcy Noticing Center on Apr 13, 2024: Recip ID Recipient Name and Address db + Millenkamp Cattle, Inc, 471 North 300 West, Jerome, ID 83338-5078
aty + Adam A Lewis, Morrison & Foerster LLP, 425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-2482 aty Andrew Schoulder, 1301 Avenue of The Americas, New York, NY 10019-6022
aty + Domenic E Pacitti, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, 919 Market Street, Suite 1000, Wilmington, DE 19801-3030 aty + James J Niemeier, McGrath North Mullin & Kratz, PC LLO, 1601 Dodge Street, Ste 3700, Omaha, NE 68102-1650 aty + John O'Brien, Spencer Fane LLP, 1700 Lincoln Steet, Suite 2000, Denver, CO 80203-4554
aty + Krystal R Mikkilineni, Dentons Davis Brown, 215 10th St, Ste 1300, Des Moines, IA 50309-3616 aty + Michael R Stewart, 2200 Wells Fargo Center, 90 South Seventh Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402-7508 aty + Miranda Russell, Morrison & Foerster LLP, 250 West 55th Street, New York, NY 10019-0050 aty + Morton R Branzburg, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, 1835 Market St, Suite 1400, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2945 aty + Nikolaus F Schandlbauer, 20 F Street NW, Suite 500, Washington DC 20001-6703
aty + Richard Bernard, 1177 Avenue of the Americas, 41st Floor, New York, NY 10036-2714
aty Robert E. Richards, 233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 5900, Chicago, IL 60606-6361
aty + Ron C Bingham, II, 3424 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1600, Atlanta, GA 30326-1139
aty + Scott F Gautier, 1800 Century Park East, Ste 1500, Los Angeles, CA 90067-1504
aty + Tirzah R. Roussell, 215 10th Street, Suite 1300, Des Moines, IA 50309-3616
aty + Zachary Fairlie, Spencer Fane LLP, 1000 Walnut Street, Suite 1400, Kansas City, MO 64106-2168 aty + Zachery J McCraney, Holland & Hart, Po Box 2527, 800 W Main Street, Suite 1750 Boise, ID 83702-5974 cr + Ad Hoc Committee of Corn Silage Growers, 153 East Main Street, PO Box 168, Jerome, ID 83338-0168 cr + Automation Werx, LLC, Morrow & Fischer, PLLC, 4 Ogden Avenue, Nampa, ID 83651-2371 cr Bunge Canada C/O David D. Farrell, David D. Farrell. Esq., One Bank Plaza, Suite 2700, St. Louis, MO 63101 cr + Conterra Holdings, LLC d/b/a Conterra Ag Capital a, Spencer Fane, 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 2000, Denver, CO 80203-4554 cr + East Valley Development, LLC, c/o Avery Law, 3090 E Gentry Way, Ste 250, Meridian, ID 83642-3596 cr Elevation Electric, LLC, 485 S IDAHO ST, WENDELL, ID 83355-5241
intp + Glanbia Foods Inc, c/o Robert A Faucher, POB 2527, Boise, ID 83701-2527
cr + Idaho State Brand Department, 700 S. Stratford Dr., Meridian, ID 83642, UNITED STATES 83642-6202 cr + Land View, Inc., P.O. Box 475, Rupert, ID 83350-0475
cr + MWI Veterinarian Supply, Inc., 3041 W PASADENA DRIVE, Boise, ID 83705, UNITED STATES 83705-4776 cr + MetLife Real Estate Lending LLC, c/o Kimbell D. Gourley, POB 1097, Boise, ID 83701, UNITED STATES 83701-1097 cr + Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, c/o Kimbell D. Gourley, c/o Kimbell D. Gourley, POB 1097, Boise, ID 83701 UNITED STATES 83701-1097
cr + PerforMix Nutrition Systems, LLC, MUNDING, P.S., 309 E. FARWELL RD., STE 310, Spokane, WA 99218, UNITED STATES 99218-8209
cr Progressive Dairy Service & Supply Corp., 485 S IDAHO ST, WENDELL, ID 83355-5241
cr + Rabo AgriFinance LLC, c/o Sheila R. Schwager, P.O. Box 1617, Boise, ID 83701-1617
cr + Raft River Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., c/o Rhett M. Miller, P.O. Box 910, Burley, ID 83318-0910 intp + Sandton Capital Partners LP, 16 W 46th Street, 1st Floor, New York, NY 10036-4503
cr + Viserion Grain, LLC, c/o Sawtooth Law Offices, PLLC, 213 Canyon Crest Dr., Ste 200, Twin Falls, ID 83301, UNITED STATES 83301-3053
cr + Viterra USA Grain, LLC and Viterra USA Ingredients, c/o Racine Olson, PLLP, P.O. Box 1391, Pocatello, ID 83204-1391 cr + Western States Equipment Co., 500 East Overland Road, Meridian, ID 83642-6606
cr + Wilbur-Ellis Company LLC, c/o Matthew A. Sturzen, P.O. Box 2247, Salem, OR 97308-2247 cr + c/o David A. Coleman B & H Farming, Coleman, Ritchie & Jacobson, PO BOX 525, TWIN FALLS, ID 83303-0525, UNITED STATES 83303-0525
cr + c/o David A. Coleman Youree Land & Livestock, Inc., Coleman, Ritchie & Jacobson, PO BOX 525, TWIN FALLS, ID 83303-0525, UNITED STATES 83303-0525
5335094 + Bunge Canada, c/o David D. Farrell, THOMPSON COBURN LLP, One USBank Plaza, Suite 2700, Saint Louis, Missouri 63101-1693 5335227 + CenturyTel Service Group, LLC dba CenturyLink, Lumen Technologies Group, 931 14th Street, 9th Floor (Attn: Legal-, Denver, CO 80202-2994
5335499 + Coastline Equipment Company, 2000 E Overland Rd, Meridian, ID 83642-6665
5335058 + Quill Corporation, PO Box 102419, Columbia, SC 29224-2419
5335378 + Westway Feed, BARR Credit Services, 3444 N Country Club Rd, Ste 200, Tucson, AZ 85716-0815 TOTAL: 46
Notice by electronic transmission was sent to the following persons/entities by the Bankruptcy Noticing Center. Electronic transmission includes sending notices via email (Email/text and Email/PDF), and electronic data interchange (EDI).
NONE
BYPASSED RECIPIENTS The following addresses were not sent this bankruptcy notice due to an undeliverable address, *duplicate of an address listed above, *P duplicate of a preferred address, or ## out of date forwarding orders with USPS. Recip ID Bypass Reason Name and Address cr CNH Industrial Capital America LLC
cr MWI Veterinary Supply Inc.
5334742 NameAddress1Address2Address3CityStateZip, 116 & West805 W Idaho StSte 300Boise, 2020 Window ServicePO Box 6056Twin F, A & K Trucking1897 E 990 SHazeltonI, A. Scott Jackson TruckingPO Box 56Je, A. Scott JacksonTrucking IncPO Box 56 aty ##+ Karyn Lloyd, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, 999 W Main Street, 100, Boise, ID 83702-9001 TOTAL: 3 Undeliverable, 0 Duplicate, 1 Out of date forwarding address
NOTICE CERTIFICATION
I, Gustava Winters, declare under the penalty of perjury that I have sent the attached document to the above listed entities in the manner shown, and prepared the Certificate of Notice and that it is true and correct to the best of my information and belief.
Meeting of Creditor Notices only (Official Form 309): Pursuant to Fed .R. Bank. P.2002(a)(1), a notice containing the complete Social Security Number (SSN) of the debtor(s) was furnished to all parties listed. This official court copy contains the redacted SSN as required by the bankruptcy rules and the Judiciary's privacy policies.
Date: Apr 13, 2024 Signature: /s/Gustava Winters
CM/ECF NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC FILING
The following persons/entities were sent notice through the court's CM/ECF electronic mail (Email) system on April 11, 2024 at the address(es) listed below: Name Email Address
Aaron Robert Bell on behalf of Creditor MWI Veterinarian Supply Inc. abell@evanskeane.com
Brent Russel Wilson on behalf of Creditor Rabo AgriFinance LLC bwilson@hawleytroxell.com amay@hawleytroxell.com Brett R Cahoon on behalf of U.S. Trustee US Trustee ustp.region18.bs.ecf@usdoj.gov
Brian Faria on behalf of Creditor Viserion Grain LLC brian@sawtoothlaw.com
Cheryl Rambo on behalf of Creditor Idaho State Brand Department cheryl.rambo@isp.idaho.gov
Daniel C Green on behalf of Creditor Viterra USA Grain LLC and Viterra USA Ingredients, LLC dan@racineolson.com, mcl@racinelaw.net *6 David A Coleman on behalf of Creditor c/o David A. Coleman Youree Land & Livestock Inc. david@colemanjacobsonlaw.com David A Coleman
on behalf of Creditor c/o David A. Coleman B & H Farming david@colemanjacobsonlaw.com Evan Thomas Roth on behalf of Creditor Viserion Grain LLC evan@sawtoothlaw.com
Gery W Edson on behalf of Creditor Land View Inc. gedson@gedson.com, tfurey@gedson.com
Heidi Buck Morrison on behalf of Creditor Viterra USA Grain LLC and Viterra USA Ingredients, LLC heidi@racineolson.com, mandy@racineolson.com,cheryl@racineolson.com Holly Roark on behalf of Creditor Elevation Electric LLC holly@roarklawboise.com, courtnotices@roarklawoffices.com;RoarkLawOffices@jubileebk.net
Holly Roark on behalf of Creditor Progressive Dairy Service & Supply Corp. holly@roarklawboise.com courtnotices@roarklawoffices.com;RoarkLawOffices@jubileebk.net James Niemeier on behalf of Creditor Viterra USA Grain LLC and Viterra USA Ingredients, LLC jniemeier@mcgrathnorth.com James Justin May on behalf of Debtor Millenkamp Cattle Inc jjm@johnsonmaylaw.com, cjc@johnsonmaylaw.com;acs@johnsonmaylaw.com;lnh@johnsonmaylaw.com
Janine Patrice Reynard on behalf of Creditor East Valley Development LLC janine@averylaw.net, averybklaw@gmail.com;boise@averylaw.net;twinfalls@averylaw.net;lawar78055@notify.bestcase.com
Jason Ronald Naess on behalf of U.S. Trustee US Trustee Jason.r.naess@usdoj.gov
Jed W. Manwaring on behalf of Creditor MWI Veterinarian Supply Inc. jmanwaring@evanskeane.com, duskin@evanskeane.com;abell@evanskeane.com John O'Brien on behalf of Creditor Conterra Holdings LLC d/b/a Conterra Ag Capital as loan servicer and power of attorney for Ag Funding SC II LLC and Conterra Holdings, LLC d/b/a Conterra Ag Capital as loan servicer and power of att jobrien@spencerfane.com, anissly@spencerfane.com;dperea@spencerfane.com John D Munding on behalf of Creditor PerforMix Nutrition Systems LLC john@mundinglaw.com
John F Kurtz, Jr on behalf of Interested Party Sandton Capital Partners LP jfk@kurtzlawllc.com tnd@kurtzlawllc.com Jon B Evans on behalf of Creditor Western States Equipment Co. evans.jb@dorsey.com sattler.carla@dorsey.com Kimbell D Gourley on behalf of Creditor Metropolitan Life Insurance Company kgourley@idalaw.com shudson@idalaw.com Kimbell D Gourley on behalf of Creditor MetLife Real Estate Lending LLC kgourley@idalaw.com shudson@idalaw.com Krystal R. Mikkilineni on behalf of Debtor Millenkamp Cattle Inc krystal.mikkilineni@dentons.com, gabby.mathias@dentons.com Laura E Burri on behalf of Creditor Automation Werx LLC lburri@morrowfischer.com, klee@morrowfischer.com Matthew A Sturzen on behalf of Creditor Wilbur-Ellis Company LLC matt@shermlaw.com bjorn@shermlaw.com;gina@shermlaw.com Matthew T. Christensen on behalf of Debtor Idaho Jersey Girls Jerome Dairy LLC mtc@johnsonmaylaw.com mtcecf@gmail.com;acs@johnsonmaylaw.com;ard@johnsonmaylaw.com;ecf@johnsonmaylaw.com;atty_christensen@bluestylus. com;christensenmr81164@notify.bestcase.com;mt@johnsonmaylaw.com Matthew T. Christensen on behalf of Debtor Millenkamp Cattle Inc mtc@johnsonmaylaw.com, *7 mtcecf@gmail.com;acs@johnsonmaylaw.com;ard@johnsonmaylaw.com;ecf@johnsonmaylaw.com;atty_christensen@bluestylus. com;christensenmr81164@notify.bestcase.com;mt@johnsonmaylaw.com
Matthew W Grimshaw on behalf of Creditor Ad Hoc Committee of Corn Silage Growers matt@grimshawlawgroup.com Meredith Leigh Thielbahr on behalf of Creditor CNH Industrial Capital America LLC mthielbahr@grsm.com ckaiser@grsm.com Morton R. Branzburg on behalf of Creditor MWI Veterinary Supply Inc. mbranzburg@klehr.com
Rhett Michael Miller on behalf of Creditor Raft River Rural Electric Cooperative Inc. rmiller@magicvalley.law Robert A Faucher on behalf of Interested Party Glanbia Foods Inc rfaucher@hollandhart.com boiseintaketeam@hollandhart.com;spturner@hollandhart.com
Robert E Richards on behalf of Debtor Millenkamp Cattle Inc robert.richards@dentons.com, docket.general.lit.chi@dentons.com Scott C Powers on behalf of Creditor Conterra Holdings LLC d/b/a Conterra Ag Capital as loan servicer and power of attorney for Ag Funding SC II LLC and Conterra Holdings, LLC d/b/a Conterra Ag Capital as loan servicer and power of att spowers@spencerfane.com, mwatson@spencerfane.com Sheila Rae Schwager on behalf of Creditor Rabo AgriFinance LLC sschwager@hawleytroxell.com amay@hawleytroxell.com;jbrocious@hawleytroxell.com
Tirzah R. Roussell on behalf of Debtor Millenkamp Cattle Inc tirzah.roussell@dentons.com
US Trustee ustp.region18.bs.ecf@usdoj.gov
Zachary Fairlie on behalf of Creditor Conterra Holdings LLC d/b/a Conterra Ag Capital as loan servicer and power of attorney for Ag Funding SC II LLC and Conterra Holdings, LLC d/b/a Conterra Ag Capital as loan servicer and power of att zfairlie@spencerfane.com TOTAL: 40