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New Information for 2020 Understanding the new 2020 form W-4 The 2020 Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Certificate, has been updated and is very different from previous versions. This is due to the federal tax law changes that took place in 2018. The Internal Revenue Service … Continued

Harvest season is in full swing at Farm Service Elevator!  Did you know a bushel of corn weighs 56 pounds?  Annually, Farm Service Elevator uses 6.5 million bushels of corn. That’s 364 million pounds of corn every year!  Photo credit goes to … Continued

Golf Outing With summer coming to a close some of the Farm Service Elevator and Willmar Logistics employees managed to get in a golf outing on Saturday, August 24th at the Benson Golf Course.  The teams were: “The Wild Cats”:  Jada & Scott Norling, Rick Lee & son-in-law … Continued

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 … Continued

Ted Huisinga and Ray Norling were honored with the Lifter Award at the Minnesota Entrepreneur Kick-off on Tuesday, May 14th in St. Paul, MN.  The event is co-hosted by the Minnesota Entrepreneur Network, an informal, statewide, collaboration of entrepreneur support organizations committed to growing the … Continued

Nova-Tech in the News Recently, two of Nova-Tech Engineering’s account manager’s were featured in publications discussing the technology Nova-Tech Engineering provides and how it has benefited the companies who have implemented the technology.  Nova-Tech’s flagship equipment (Poultry Service Processing [PSP], Microwave Claw Processor [MCP] … Continued

As you can see from the pictures above Minnesota has been experiencing some crazy weather over the past month.  Around March 15th temperatures were warming up, snow was melting, roads were flooding (from the quick thaw) and spring was in sight.  By March 28th the … Continued

Feed Mill Project Written by Kurt Schimek, FSE General Manager If you’ve driven by Farm Service Elevator lately you’ve probably noticed several cranes set up over the past month and wondered “what are they doing at the feed mill?” (see picture above) The existing feed mill was … Continued

Senior Certified Professional – Human Resources Congratulations to Jeanna O’Neill who recently obtained her certification as a Senior Professional from SHRM Society of Human Resource Management. Obtaining this certification requires countless hours study and passing an intense 4-hour exam on various topics related to human resources, … Continued

Flock RecognitionTVF Christmas PartyACA FilingNew Training Coordinator OpeningsWelcome New EmployeesEmployee CountFlock Recognition Recently two different Willmar Poultry Farm flocks achieved record numbers for the highest average daily gain, one for light hens and the other for toms.  According to Ziggy Kotze, WPF General Manager, “the recent performances of these flocks is due in large part … Continued