Western Integrated Seeds to expand seed processing facility

Date:12-05-2014

Western Integrated Seed recently announced that it has broken ground on its latest expansion phase at the Hooper, Neb.,US, seed processing and shipping facility. Construction is underway on a new project that includes expanded warehousing, shipping and office facilities. Bierman Construction out of Columbus, NE was selected as the contractor on this project.

“Our new shipping and logistics management facility will further align our organization’s resources with the needs of our customers,” said Kelvin Whited, Business and Finance Manager.

The new facilities include 42,000 additional square feet of warehouse, and 11,000 square feet of cold storage. With this expansion, the organization will be able to serve customers with over 200,000 square feet of warehouse, including more than 20,000 square feet of cold storage. Finally, the facility will feature new loading docks, a state-of-the art truck scale, offices, conference rooms and eco-friendly electric charging stations for its forklift fleet.

“Meeting and exceeding our customers’ expectation is priority number one at Western Integrated Seed,” said Paul Robertson, Operations Manager. “This new facility will allows us more flexibility and improves our efficiency so that we can continue to move forward and provide best-in-class service to all of our organization’s stakeholders.”

Western Integrated Seed was founded by the H. Chris Hoegemeyer family in 1937 on the banks of the Elkhorn River in Hooper, Nebraska. Today it is still family owed and offers contract seed production, conditioning, blending, treatment, shipping services and customized logistic solutions.

“Our family owes a debt of gratitude to our employees, customers and friends throughout the seed industry,” commented Erik Hoegemeyer, Vice-President. “Our team is looking forward to serving our customers’ needs, and to continuing to investing capital dollars into our local community.”