Willmar Poultry

Willmar Poultry to purchase additional land from city for expansion project

October 29, 2021

Willmar Poultry to purchase additional land from city for expansion project
WILLMAR—Two public hearings will be held at the Nov. 1 Willmar City Council meeting in regard to an expansion project at the Willmar Poultry Innovations facility near the Willmar Wastewater Treatment Plant on the western outskirts of Willmar. The public hearings are mandated before the council can consider selling and rezoning the property Willmar Poultry is interested in buying. The land in question wraps around the current poultry facility located on Kandiyohi County Road 116/75th Street, next

Willmar Poultry Group celebrates 75 years

September 5, 2020

Willmar Poultry Group celebrates 75 years
WILLMAR—Willmar Poultry Group is celebrating 75 years in business, according to a news release from the company. Originally started as the Willmar Poultry & Egg Company by Albert Huisinga, Herman Nelson and Albin Norling on July 25, 1945, with the purchase of an old livestock pavilion, the business, most well-known as Willmar Poultry Company, has grown from one local company with three employees to a group of eight affiliated companies with 1,600 employees spanning multiple states and countries. Read

Vaxxinova acquires Epitopix

February 22, 2018

Vaxxinova acquires Epitopix
Vaxxinova, an EW-group company with core business focusing on animal health, has concluded an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Epitopix, a US based animal health company specialized in poultry and livestock biologicals and founder of SRP® technology. The transaction will be concluded by February 28, 2018. Epitopix is a part of the Willmar Poultry group of companies, both of which are based in Willmar, Minnesota, USA.  Epitopix was established in 2002 and has developed various breakthrough

Willmar Poultry, Aviagen establish new turkey poult supplier

March 17, 2017

Willmar Poultry, Aviagen establish new turkey poult supplier
WILLMAR — Willmar Poultry/Ag Forte has merged with Valley of the Moon Commercial Poults and is set to establish a new commercial turkey poult company called Select Genetics. “The focus of Select Genetics will be to deliver the best quality genetics to the turkey industry, which will allow our industry to best compete against other animal proteins,” said Rick Vanderspek, president and chief operations officer of Select Genetics, in a news release announcing the venture. Vanderspek is
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