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Stewardship Competition Update On January 1st, 2013 the then HR Director Jonathan Huisinga (Business Development & Special Projects) and the senior leadership team kicked off a five-year investment challenge based off the value of Stewardship. Since we have missed a few quarterly updates recently and there are a lot of fresh faces around, we thought … Continued

Select Genetics Promotions and Org Structure Updates Since the announcement that AgForte and Valley of the Moon merged to form Select Genetics, Jihad Douglas, Rick Vanderspek and their operations teams have been working diligently towards sharing ideas, passing along knowledge and getting to know each other better. According to Rick Vanderspek: The task is to … Continued

Transitions in Foley Below is a photo of the soon-to-be-leaving Select Genetics Manager Jeff Doyle in his new window office at the Foley Hatchery. Jeff will be missed, thank you for your service Jeff! Tessa Duncombe will be taking over as Manager after Jeff leaves in June. There has been a lot of motion going on at Foley … Continued

Mitch Schueler Going Away On April 5th Epitopix had a Deployment party for Commander Mitchell E. Schueler (Director of Manufacturing at EPI), who will be serving in Dijibouti, Africa for the next 7 months w/ the Navy. Mitch flew out Sunday April 23rd to Norfolk, Virginia for his training and then on to Djibouti – East … Continued

Great job Michelle Behl We would like to acknowledge and congratulate Dr. Michelle Behl in recently earning the B.S. Pomeroy Award at the 68th North Central Avian Disease Conference. This is awarded to the person with the best PhD or Masters student presentation. Michelle works for our newly formed Select Genetics in the role as … Continued

Congrats to Lisa Herron-Olson Lisa-Herron Olson from Syntiron (Syntiron’s COO) has been honored by The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal as one of 40 business leaders under the age of 40 who has demonstrated outstanding professional achievement. Congratulations Lisa! Link to read more: http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2017/01/24/first-round-of-2017-40-under-40-honorees-named.html Ag Forte Farm Manager Appreciation Lunch The photo below shows a group of our Ag … Continued

Ag Forte Virginia Christmas Party Photos from the Ag Forte Christmas Party in VA: Ag Forte Missouri Christmas Party Photos from the Ag Forte Christmas Party in MO: STEM Teacher Award: Jodi Backes, Science Teacher at Kennedy Elementary School in Willmar, Congratulations on being STEM Teacher of the Year and winning a $1000 towards STEM initiatives in your school. At … Continued

Santa at LSI: Santa Claus made an appearance recently at LSI and spread a little of his Christmas cheer. If we aren’t mistaken, o’l Saint Nick has a striking resemblance to MinnWest’s Maintenance Technician Mike Thielke. PALS Annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest PALS had another successful ugly Christmas sweater contest this year. Pictured below from … Continued

Company Retirement Plan: If you participate in our company retirement plan, this fall you may have noticed two updates in the mail from our retirement account provider. The first notification was regarding one fund in our plan that was replaced due to under-performance against the market over several quarters. Reviewing the performance of each fund … Continued

Epitopix Company Meeting, Congratulations Daryll! The October Epitopix Company meeting was a celebration of 25 years of service for Daryll Emery, the Chief Science Officer. Dr. Emery is a graduate of the University of Minnesota who was hired by Ted Huisinga based on the recommendation of a mutual friend. Dr. Emery’s research led to a Salmonella … Continued