Carnation said it agreed to sell a milling unit.

The Los Angeles-based division is being sold to a company headed by R. L. Young, an executive vice president of the division. Terms of the sale were not announced. The division produces animal and poultry feed and is one of the largest farm supply businesses in the nation. The milling division has about 950 workers and has facilities in Fresno and Stockton; Fort Lupton, Colo.; Tampa, Fla.; Chamblee, Ga.; Honolulu; Kansas City, Kan.; Sanford, N.C.; Portland, Ore.; Tacoma, Wash., and Chilton, Wis.