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Hello! Jonathan Huisinga here, and today I get to share some exciting news with you. A year ago, Rick Huisinga gathered a small group of LSI folks (myself, Chris Huisinga, Austin Huisinga and Mike Bregel) and gave us a challenge: Create a turkey burger that doesn’t suck. After we made some progress, Rick asked me … Continued

We are sad to announce that Bryce Berg has accepted a position with FedEx and will soon be leaving our company.  Bryce has served as our Company Jet Prop Pilot, and as Global Planning Manager for Ag Forte.  He and his wife Elizabeth will be relocating to the Memphis area where Bryce has accepted the … Continued

Congratulations to Joanna Schrupp for being awarded the 2015 ‘MILO Award’ at the Willmar Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce’s Volunteer Appreciation luncheon. The award honors volunteerism, community involvement and dedication to the Willmar Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce. The annual event recognizes individuals and businesses in community leadership, volunteerism and contributions to the Willmar Lakes Area. The … Continued

Hello everyone, We are sticking with the basics this week: celebrating life, a recruiting call to action, job postings, new hires, a great recipe, and our up-to-date employee count. Employee Announcements  Happy Birthday! It is Nate VanderSpek’s (LSI courier)  35th Birthday on Saturday, Jan. 30th. Nate’s birthday was celebrated on the 28th with quite the handful … Continued

On Friday the 15th we were blessed to enjoy a night out, dinner, dessert and quite the entertainment. Whether you were able to make it or not, I’m sure you’ll enjoy the video highlights embedded below! Featured on stage with the flute accompaniment is Jason Burnett (Ag Forte) who was a great sport with his little jig! Rich … Continued

Welcome to the new year! It sure has been a little while huh? We hope everyone had a great Christmas season, an enjoyable break and a happy new year. Lets jump right in to all the hot topics we have for this update; We definitely have some good stuff! Here is a word from Ag Sector … Continued

Hi everyone. Love it or hate it, this week in MN we had the first snowfall of the year! The above picture was taken on Monday at the MinnWest Technology Campus in front of the NTE Customer Service Building earlier this week but today most of the snow is already melting and we can see the green grass again … Continued

Back in Time Hello all. We missed a couple things in the past weeks. Since it is the iconic year of 2015 where Back to the Future’s Doc Brown and Marty McFly went into the future from 1985, let’s take the opportunity to get into the DeLorean time machine, fire up the flux capacitor and travel back in time to … Continued

Epitopix – Salmonella Newport: Epitopix recently had an exciting company meeting where new General Manager, Terri Wasmoen, shared the state of the company and the exciting news of their official USDA License for their Salmonella Vaccine. Here is a word from Terri about the vaccine: This vaccine prevents mastitis and death caused by the bacteria Salmonella Newport and … Continued

Stewardship Challenge News Our Stewardship Challenge contestants are still competing to see who can make the most out of their investment! On January 1st, 2013, Brad Gardner (Epitopix: Production Supervisor), Fred Lee Jr. (Ag Forte: Prairie Knoll Breeder Manager) and Landon J. Fries (NTE: Product Realization Manager) were given $333.33 in the spirit of exercising our … Continued