The Missouri-Kansas bid beat out 135 proposals for the USDA relocation.

The agriculture secretary appointed Dr. Mindy Brashears as Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, Naomi Earp as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights and Dr. Scott Hutchins as Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, effective Jan. 29.

This comes after the company reported sub-par third quarter earnings.

The company cites losing its primary customer as the reason to close the operation.