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Are you aware of what causes stress in your life or what you can do to identify and reduce stressors? This past Thursday, April 16th, was National Stress Awareness Day.  It’s a day to remind everyone to take a moment to step back, take a breath and de-stress. The question is how do you de-stress? … Continued

In the past few weeks you’ve likely heard more and more about the Coronavirus (COVID-19).  While there is certainly cause for concern we want to remind you there are precautions you can take to help prevent the contraction or spread of germs and to stay healthy. Good hand hygiene and regular washing of your hands … Continued

Recognition Congratulations to Wayne Zimmer, PALS poultry sales, on receiving the Senior Sales Award from Chore-Time.  It is their lifetime achievement award and is presented at their distributor meeting in Atlanta, GA during IPPE (International Production & Processing Expo) each year.  Wayne has been involved with Chore-Time since he started with PALS 46 years ago.  … Continued

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 (IRS) is not requiring all employees to complete the revised … 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 Angela Peters, FSE Administrative Assistant, who was able to get some great photos … 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 “The Replacements”:  Richard Heideman, John Mangione, Bobby … 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 picnic was held at Robbin’s Island Park in Willmar.  … 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 Minnesota Entrepreneur Ecosystem.  Ted and Ray were recognized with the award … 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] and Infrared Beak Treat [IRBT]) can be found in over 500 hatcheries … 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 snow was nearly gone and people were venturing out without … Continued