Select Genetics – Osceola, IA | Pictures from the 4th of July parade in Osceola.

One of the semis drove through the parade along with the plant manager’s pickup and several walkers who threw out candy.

 

Nova-Tech Engineering | Summer Family Picnic on July 8th

The picnic was held at Robbin’s Island Park in Willmar.  There were activities for kids, a dunk tank, and some delicious food for all of the employees.

 

Life-Science Innovations | Summer Get-Together on July 24th

Employees enjoyed the afternoon with a bean bag tournament, appetizers, and root beer floats.

 

Select Genetics – Osceola, IA | Thursday Night in the Park – August 1st

Select Genetics participated in this annual event arranged by the Clarke County Farm Bureau.  The event is held in the courthouse square and spotlights the agriculture in the Osceola community.  The event included other booths, music, entertainment and food.

Pictured above (l-r):  Gaby Zamora, Hatchery Supervisor; Kim Carson, Office Admin; Karen Morris, Sales; Kelli Price, Assistant Hatchery Manager

 

FSE Mill Load Out Project

The Load-Out project at the Feed Mill is in the final stages! On July 19th and 20th the team at the Farm Service Elevator Mill started filling the new bins with feed.  They spent the week of July 22nd test loading and dialing everything in to where it needed to be.

For those of you who weren’t here when this project began, or need a refresher, the intent of the load out project is to give FSE the ability to blend different feeds as they are being loaded onto the feed trucks.  This will increase the amount of diets that can be fed to the turkeys. The load out process will also be completely autonomous. Every feed truck will be equipped with GPS that will alert the mill when they are 3 miles away so they can start blending and scaling up the feed. Once the truck arrives, a RFID code on the side of each trailer will confirm the trailer is in the new bay and the load out scale will automatically start filling the feed trailer saving time for the delivery fleet which adds more efficiency.

According to Mike Heideman, Feed Mill Superintendent, “Trucks are currently being loaded in 5 minutes or less, which is about 1/2 the time as it was before.” He said they have also begun the blending part and have currently been using Willmar Poultry Farms as a test subject. This has been going well and they are looking at switching all other customers over on Monday, August 12th!

An inside view courtesy of Mike Heideman

 

Open House

The Select Genetics Administration office moved into a new office space on Friday, June 28^th.  The move was coordinated by Matt Baumgartner and Dan Tait who handled a lot of the transporting of file cabinets and office equipment from the old location to the new location.

The new office is located on the 3^rd floor of cottage 1709 on the MinnWest Campus (address: 1709 16^th Street NE, Willmar).  For people who haven’t had a chance to stop-in to see the new space, an open house is being planned for Wednesday, September 4^th from 2-5PM.  Stop by then to enjoy refreshment, visit with the employees, and check out their new digs!

 

Openings

Current status of all organizational openings.

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Welcome New Employees

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Employee Count

As of 8/7/19 we have 1,722 employees

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The Human Resources Team specializes in benefits and payroll, compliance and policy, employee relations, legal compliance, and company & employee overall well-being. We are located on the first floor of Life-Science Innovations on the MinnWest campus at 1800 Technology Drive. We look forward to working with you!

Please message us via email at human.resources@life-scienceinnovations.com or give us a call at

320.222.9515 or 888.320.9750 extension 9515