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Christmas Parties     Missouri Office Staff and Servicemen   Employees who wore their Ugly Christmas Sweaters & Holiday Outfits Celebrations Congratulations to Brenda Thiewes, Accounting Clerk at Farm Service Elevator, on celebrating 40 years with the company! Pictured L-R:  Margie Haust (FSE Controller) & Brenda Thiewes   Wayne Zimmer, Inside Salesperson at PALS, also … Continued

The Mighty Spark team visited the MinnWest Campus the beginning of November for some training.  While they were in Willmar they took the opportunity to sit down briefly with Ted Huisinga to hear some of his thoughts.  They also had lunch (made with Mighty Spark product) … Continued

Employee Appreciation Turkey Valley Farms employees were treated to an employee appreciation lunch on October 12th.   Retirement After 31 years with Select Genetics (previously AgForte/Willmar Poultry Company) Robert Kingrey retired on September 19th.  We wish Robert all the best, enjoy your retirement!   New Additions Congratulations to Dustin Marker … Continued

Golfing Fun on the MinnWest Campus Nova-Tech Engineering held a golf event on the MinnWest campus on Thursday, August 30th.  The purpose of the golf event was to bring together the multiple engineering teams (6 total) … Continued

Highest Gain Per Day Recorded at Prairie Ridge Farm On June 8th, 2018, Willmar Poultry Farms, Prairie Ridge Farm, recorded the highest GPD (gain per day) of .3132 on record in company history.  Since 1990 this is something WPF has … Continued

Turkey Lovers’ Month Did you know June is Turkey Lovers’ Month?  To celebrate the National Turkey Federation is running a #30DaystoTryTurkey campaign.  They will be posting a new recipe every day throughout the month of June on their Twitter and Facebook pages.  … Continued

Mighty Spark Bites Back Hunger   Sending our Sympathies to Turkey Valley Farms   New GraduatesYears of ServiceSpotlight on SafetyOpeningsWelcome New EmployeesEmployee CountMighty Spark Bites Back Hunger The Mighty Spark team held a meal packing event the end of April and packed 11,880 meals in two hours!  The meal packing event is part of their … Continued

I think most of us in Minnesota are getting pretty sick of winter.  We’re ready to start planting gardens and working in our flower beds, mowing lawns and grilling outdoors.  Hopefully those of you in other states have been enjoying some spring weather. While we can’t control mother nature … Continued

Human Resources Team Update contributed by Katie Steinhaus, Human Resources Director You may have noticed a new graphic on the bottom of our Employee Updates with our Human Resources team purpose the past few updates (if not, see above or scroll down and check it … Continued

  Are turkeys really pumped-up on hormones and steroids?  Are turkeys really factory-farmed?  Are turkeys really overmedicated? Is it true that turkeys are kept in cages?  Earlier this month the National Turkey Federation (NTF), launched a series of four videos dispelling turkey myths.  According to Keith … Continued