A new kind of pharm: Biopharmaceutical company breaks ground on 80-acre site where cows will grow human antibodies

Janelle Atyeo
Oct 5, 2017
Oct 5, 2017 Updated Oct 13, 2023

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Gov. Dennis Daugaard and SAB Biotheraputics CEO and founder Eddie Sullivan prepare for a ceremonial groundbreaking at the SAB farm site north of Canton, S.D., Oct. 5.

Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

Sioux Falls Development Foundation President Slater Barr addresses the crowd at a groundbreaking of the SAB Biotheraputics cattle facility.

Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

SAB Biotherapeutics’ administration building at the Canton site will also house surgery, laboratory, nursery and grower facilities to be competed spring of 2018.

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Janelle Atyeo

There’s a new kind of farm going up north of Canton, in southeastern South Dakota.

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SAB Biotheraputics CEO and founder Eddie Sullivan shares a joke with Gov. Dennis Daugaard during a groundbreaking event at the company's new farm near Canton, S.D., Oct. 5. SAB produces antibodies in cattle that are capable of treating human diseases. Also pictured is Dr. Jim Robl, left, who helped create the genetic technology, and Sioux Falls Development Foundation President Slater Bar.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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SAB barns — A rendering of the first-of-its-kind biopharmaceutical production farm is shown at full build-out. The SAB facility north of Canton, S.D., will house approximately 400 animals and employ 40 people capable of producing millions of doses of human antibody therapeutics.
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