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EVEN THOUGH THE CORPORATION IS ONLY ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD I HAVE HAD OVER 6O YEARS EXPERENCE IN THE EGG AND POULTRY INDUSTRY. I STARTED IN A TIME WHEN A FLOCK OF 500 HENS WAS BIG TIME. EGGS WERE BEING HAND CANDLED AND EGGS WHERE PRODUCED FOR THEIR WEEKLY CASH MONEY. I WAS RAISED IN A TOWN OF 1100 PEOPLE WHERE THERE WERE FOUR PRODUCE BUSINESS'S. OUR ANNUAL CELEBRATION WAS EGG & POULTRY DAYS.
MY START WAS MAKING UP EMPTY EGG CASES FOR TRUCK PICKUP EVERY DAY. I HELPED IN BUYING OLD & SPENT HENS. I WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN CULLING HENS AND BLOOD TESTING HATCHING FLOCKS. WE ALSO OILED EGGS AND SOLD THEM TO THE MILITARY. MANY WHERE SOLD IN WOODEN EGG CASES AND SHIPPED IN RAILROAD CARS. FOR SEVERAL YEARS I DROVE A FARM ROUTE PICKING UP EGGS FROM PRODUCERS. IN THE SIXTIES I WENT TO WORK FOR THE USDA AND BECAME AN EGG INSPECTOR. I THEN BECAME A PLANT MANAGER FOR ONE OF THE FIRST COMPANIES TO USE MASS CANDLING & PACKAGING MACHINES. I THEN WENT TO WORK FOR A COMPANY THAT SOLD EGG PACKAGING SUPPLIES TO EGG PROCESSORS IN IOWA AND SURROUNDING STATES. AS EGG PROCESSORS GREW TO THE SIZE THEY ARE NOW WITH MILLIONS OF BIRDS THERE WAS NO NEED FOR THEM TO BUY SUPPLIES FROM US AS THEY BOUGHT DIRECTLY FROM MANUFACTURERS. WE STILL CONTINUE TO SELL EGG PACKAGING SUPPLIES TO SMALL FAMILY GROWERS.
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WE BUY OUR SUPPLIES IN TRUCK LOAD QUANTITIES AND SELL TO CUSTOMERS WITH MUCH SMALLER NEEDS. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE QUALITY PRODUCTS AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE. EVEN THOUGH MANY THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THE NOW MASS EGG PRODUCTION, THE PACKAGING SUPPLIES HAVE CHANGED VERY LITTLE. THE 2x6 EGG CARTON IS VERY MUCH LIKE IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO.
OTHER THAN A 2 YEAR GAP SERVING IN THE MILITARY MY WORK HAS BEEN IN THE EGG INDUSTRY. MY TIME NOW BEING SPENT TRYING TO FIND THE BEST PRODUCTS FOR MY CUSTOMERS.