The holiday spirit has arrived throughout the organization! Thank you to everyone who sent in photos of their team festivities, from decorating parties to team lunches and more. It’s fun to see the celebrations and share in the joy of giving during this season.
Turkey Valley Farms
The team at Turkey Valley Farms recently held their end of the year Staff Appreciation party where they enjoyed some turkey with all the fixings and handed out frozen turkeys from TVF to employees.
Select Genetics
Iowa
The Select Genetics | Osceola hatchery participated in a fun team building project in the community with a wreath making contest hosted by a local flower shop. The team put their creative minds together and worked as a team to come up with a beautiful and elegant wreath. They received the People’s Choice Award in the business category and raised $51.00 to be donated to the local food pantry!
In addition to the teambuilding, the Select Genetics | Osceola team held their holiday lunch the beginning of December with a delicious meal catered in by a local catering service.
Missouri
Select Genetics | Missouri Transportation Driver, Jose Salsa, participated in a Christmas parade in early December, decorating the truck for the season!
The Select Genetics | Missouri office held their annual animal welfare training and included a few team building activities to encourage some out-of-the-box thinking.
North Carolina | Wadesboro
The Select Genetics | Wadesboro employees have been celebrating the season with a Christmas tree in the field office and preparing Christmas gifts to distribute to children of their employees. They also were surprised by a vendor dressed as Santa Claus delivering a new tractor that was recently purchased.
Virginia
The Select Genetics | Harrisonburg hatchery handed out gifts for the children of employee’s last week.
Nova-Tech Engineering
As a Christmas gift and in recognition of team members hard work over the past year, Nova-Tech Engineering handed out turkeys to their team members last week. Thank you to Nova-Tech for capturing some pictures of this event! Turkeys were also handed out to employees at LSI, FSE/WPF, PALS, and MinnWest.
Life-Science Innovations
The LSI Fun Committee hosted the LSI Christmas Lunch last week with a catered meal and fun door prizes for everyone! This was also the day the Accounting Department planned their ugly Christmas sweater contest so we grabbed a picture of that crazy looking crew too.
Retirement
Congratulations to Pablo Maldonado, Turlock Hatchery Maintenance, on his retirement from Select Genetics | Turlock! Pablo started at the hatchery shortly after it was acquired by Select Genetics but had also previously worked there with the previous company. The Turlock crew celebrated Pablo with a catered retirement lunch combined with their Thanksgiving lunch and a turkey cake. We wish Pablo all the best in his retirement!
Pictured (left to right): Joel Canales, Maintenance Lead; Salome Maldonado, Service Room Tech (and wife); Luisa Garcia, Service Room Lead; Pablo Maldonado, Maintenance/Retiree; Demetrio Barajas, Hatchery Manager; Jaime Araujo; Julieta Barajas, QC Specialist
Benefits Spotlight
Did you enroll in medical coverage for 2024? New UMR ID cards are coming!
For all employees who enrolled in the company medical insurance for 2024, you should have or soon will receive your UMR Medical Identification card in the mail. Coverage with UMR is effective beginning January 1, 2024. You will need to bring your new card with you for all medical appointments beginning January 1, 2024.
Key items to be aware of:
- If you are enrolled in Single coverage, you will receive ONE ID card. If you have additional enrolled members (i.e. Employee + Spouse, Employee + Children, etc.) you will receive TWO ID cards.
- If you are enrolled in Single coverage you will not be required to activate your card, you can begin using your card as-is on January 1, 2024.
- If you are enrolled in Employee + Spouse, Employee + Children, or Employee + Family coverage you will need to ACTIVATE your card and complete the coordination of benefits prior to using your card.
- Upon receiving your ID card you should confirm all enrolled members & dependents are listed correctly and you are enrolled in the correct plan (the plan you selected during Open Enrollment). If you see any errors with your ID card, please reach out to benefits@lsius.net prior to January 1, 2024.
How do I activate my card?
You can activate your card one of three ways (applies only to people who have EE+S, EE+C, EE+F coverage):
- Scan the QR code found on the sticker on the front of your card
- Go online to www.umr.com
- Call 1-866-868-8234
During the activation process you will need to complete the coordination of benefits and disclose if you or any of your dependents have other medical coverage. If you fail to complete your coordination of benefits, any claim over $1,000 will be denied until the coordination of benefits is completed. When activating your card you will be asked for your Member ID Number listed on your card.
No New ID cards for Dental or Vision Coverage
If you are enrolled in Dental or Vision coverage, you will not receive new identification cards in 2024. Please be sure to keep your current cards.
Years of Service Anniversaries
Congratulations to the following team members who are celebrating Years of Service milestones in the month of December!
5 YEARS
Jacob Swanson | Nova-Tech Engineering
Brandon Masters | Nova-Tech Engineering
Marion Eberly | Select Genetics
Rafael Gonzalez | Select Genetics
Latricia Ratliff | Select Genetics
Corey Myran | Turkey Valley Farms
Martin Cruz | Turkey Valley Farms
10 YEARS
Roy Wookey | Nova-Tech Engineering
Naciye Gibson | Nova-Tech Engineering
15 YEARS
Jacob Rooney | Nova-Tech Engineering
50 YEARS
Wayne Zimmer | PALS
Openings
Current status of all organizational openings.
| Position | Company | Phase | Current Status | Contact |
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Welcome New Employees
Mayra Mcintyde
Olivia Garcia
Headstart General Labor
Franklin Klecker
Headstart Maint Tech
Melody Klaphake
Receiving
James Mitchell
Karl Zaldivar-Ferrera
Clementa Battle
Goldsboro Back Crew
Tammy Huynh
Goldsboro Hatchery Team Lead
Pablo Ibarra
IL Egg Picker
Jacky Soto Garcia
Anthony Morris
IL General Labor
Joy Rosario Correa
Aaron Trevino
IPH Back Crew
Anna Mares
Celia Castillo Lopez
IPH Plt Srvc Tech
Khadar Mahamed
Luis Gonzalez
Genesis Robles Ramos
Luis Hernandez
Hassan Chougueh
Iara Berrios
Alexander Rivera
Ruber Dubon Sanchez
MN Egg Picker
Genevieve Keaton
MN Lab Technician
Ray Flores Gutierrez
MO Catcher
Mariah Meek
Baudilia Ramon
MO Egg House
Brenda Garcia
MO Egg Picker
Andres Vasquez
MO Inseminator
Chris Cerda
MO Milker
Shaniya Birdtail
MO Tom Lab
Jonathan Hernandez
Alexander Rendon
Jose Galvan
MO Vacc
Jertrevuis Douglas
NC Catcher/Chaser
Antonio McNeill
Mark Thomas
Ronnie Calhoun
Martin Vega Ambriz
Breonna Jones
Thaddues Rogers
Wendell White
Mary Brigman
Keonta McBryde
Akeem Williams
NC Egg Picker
Sandy Hernandez
NC Tom Lab
Dustin Cowling
Osceola Hatchery Maintenance
Jordan Cook
Osceola Plt Srvc Tech
Brandy Scott
Terre Haute Back Crew
Raymundo Soto
Turlock Back Crew
Harold Adams
Turlock Egg Room
Efrain Montes
Turlock Hatchery Maintenance
Claudia Nat Perez
Alexander Ramos Lopez
Christopher Boy Ramirez
Daniel Reyes
Clinton Ross
Milagros Valadez
Umberto Hernandez
Linh Luong
Logan Wells
Liza Trevino
John Lopez
Bryan Valentine
Ba Kyan
Daniel Morales
Teniya Davis Phillips
Jose Pardo
Aiysha Osman
Emilie Amador Rosado
Chelsea Jaramillo
Brittney Favila
Amarilys Gonzalez Mendez
Lineworker
Employee Count
As of 12/15/23 we have 2,106 employees
Human Resources is a 360 degree business partner with our family of affiliates to attract, engage, retain and develop our most valuable resource: our people. 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!
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