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Hi everyone, Our Organizational Development team recently set out to adorn the back wall of our training and orientation room with something that tells a story about our company (see image above). We started with a printed version of the drawing featured in our LSI history orientation video as a center piece and created digital paintings of … Continued

Hello there, In the above image we have (from left) Jacob Rooney, Mike Daugherty, Jay Halliday, Aaron Madsen, Scott Johnson, Brent Peterson, Jim Sieben and Bin Jiang(holding the selfie stick!) at the IPPE. Nova-Tech has attended the IPPE (International Production & Processing Expo) for roughly 25 years. Rumors are that Jim Sieben, President of NTE, started … Continued

Hi everyone, Our LSI & Affiliated Companies’ Annual Christmas Party finally arrived last weekend! For those of you not able to make it, the “Hello Dolly!” production was really well done (despite the controversially awkward silver spandex marching band costumes…). They even altered their script just for us, in one of the last acts, from serving a … Continued

Hello all, Elvis was in the house!  The above photo is of the ladies of Farm Service Elevator with young and old Elvis on Saturday, January 17.  Approximately 85 people from WPF, FSE and Willmar Logistics attended the evening at Jackpot Junction in Morton for the LSI Ag Sector Christmas Party. Nova-Tech’s Jim Sieben was recently … Continued

Hi everyone, There hasn’t been too many major reportable happenings going on as of late but we do have updated postings, new hires, and a few other neat tidbits this week. The little one featured in the above photo is actually the first born child of John Zimmerman. John Zimmerman was a flock supervisor for WPC at one … Continued

Welcome to 2015 everyone, According to the Gregorian calendar it is the new year. Now, if 1989’s Back to the Future part II was correct in its depiction of 2015, we should have readily accessible retail hover-boards and flying cars! Hmm, it looks like we may be in an alternate timeline of 2015 because my board still has wheels… Speaking of … Continued

Greetings! We recently enjoyed our LSI Christmas party where Pam Schlagel orchestrated Christmas Bingo (using chex mix as counters) and an entertaining white elephant gift exchange. I received a remarkably accurate custom kitchen towel that said something along the lines of “I make a mean Tator-tot hot-dish.” It couldn’t have been closer to the truth ;). I … Continued

Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair. ~Sam Ewing Greetings everyone! Last week both of our favorite patriarch’s grew older and wiser. Ted Huisinga turned 90 years old and Ray Norling leveled up to 80 years of age on November the 25th. The … Continued

Hello all. Willmar Poultry Company was recently featured in Mpls. St. Paul Magazine. Here is Kristi DeGree with the details: A couple of months ago we were contacted by a writer from the Mpls. St. Paul magazine. He told us that he was interested in publishing an article about the Willmar hatchery for their November issue … Continued

Hello Everyone! On Monday the 10th around noon it was 72 °F in Aurora, MO; 71 °F in Neosho; 63°F in Harrisonburg, VA; 60°F in Danville, OH; and in MN…a crisp 25-27°F with a healthy side of snow. I think I live in the wrong place… This week we have a new recipe, information on open enrollment, referral questions answered, some imagery … Continued