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That's A Lot Of Bull, Man
Dan Compton, plant manager at Beefland International, is dwarfed by this massive bull in front of the plant Saturday. The promotional steer is made of fiberglass, weighs 2,000 pounds and is 14 feet high and 24 feet long. It was removed from atop a…
Odor Control Device Like Perfumed Whiff - At Beefland Plant
Four Atomizers . . . containing propylene-glycol based fluid are hooked up to emission stacks in the dehydration plant at Beefland. The atomizers spray a fine mist into the stacks to mask any possible odor from the stack gasses.
Beefland gets First Customers
Frank Seidler Jr. and Darrell Seidler, who operate Seidler Brothers' Feed Lot on Route 4, receive a check for the first steer slaughtered at Beefland International from William Shannon, vice president in charge of procurement. The steer was…
Beefland Waste Is Treated
Beefland's Sediflotor . . . the round tank in the foreground, is now in operation. The aerators for the basin, the body of water in the background, will be operational by Wednesday evening, Beefland President Harry Nelson said.
Wymer Predicts Gigantic Growth Here In Five Years - At Beefland Dedication
Chatting At Beefland Banquet . . . are Chad Wymer, Peter J. Peters and Harry J. Nelson, president of Beefland International, Inc.
Beefland Hires Help
First the plant is built and then people are hired to make it operable. For the last two days, Beefland International officials have been interviewing employment applicants to make their new plant at 2700 Twenty-third Ave. "operable". Ray Burke, vice…
Beefland Receives Funds
R.G. Dickenson, president of R.G. Dickenson and Co., Des Moines, Thursday presented a check for $5,596,500 to Harry J. Nelson, Council Bluffs, president of Beefland International Inc. The check represented proceeds from the 600,000-share public…
Hide And Leather Plant Takes Care Of Cow's Leftovers
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Following The Style . . . of the main plant, Beefland's hide processing plant is being constructed at a cost of nearly $500,000.
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Ralph L. Bates
Following The Style . . . of the main plant, Beefland's hide processing plant is being constructed at a cost of nearly $500,000.
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Ralph L. Bates
Beefland Will Build Hide Plant, Paunch Feed Facility Here
New Industries . . . will be built on land in the foreground located just northeast of the $4-million beef-slaughtering plant being constructed by Beefland International, Inc. The slaughtering plant, hide and cattle feed facilities are scheduled to…
Big Beef Slaughtering Plant To Locate In Council Bluffs - To Start With 200 Employees
Plans For Beef Packing Plant . . . are discussed by Ronald Kiger, Douglas Peters, Archie Gubbrud and Harry Nelson.
$4 Million Beefland Plant Gets Off The Cold Ground
Off The Ground . . . are the first of a scheduled 186 concrete columns that will be the walls of Beefland International, Inc.'s $4 million plant here. Standing in front of the project is David Slechta, carpenter with Anderson Construction Co., of…
Beefland Plans Dedication Of New Plant On Dec. 6-7
President Harry Nelson . . . raises an Iowa flag Friday afternoon at Beefland's plant site while Robert Knauss, operations vice president, and Ray Burke, vice president of marketing and transportation, stand by.
First Load
The first load of meat transported by motor carrier left the Beefland International plant, 2700 Twenty-third Ave. Thursday afternoon. The 37,000-pound load of carcass beef, shipped by the Premier Trucking Service Co. of Carter Lake, is enroute to the…
Payday, Of Sorts, Comes To Beefland Plant Workers
Examining His Check . . . from Beefland International is Kenny Rostermundt of Manilla. Other workers crowd the gate at the closed plant to get the remainder of their pay.. There were a lot of disappointed faces.
650 Beefland Workers Strike; Cite 'Unfair' Firm Practicses
On Picket Duty . . . Friday at Beefland International are James Brown of Omaha, R.J. Hunt of 2 Wright Road and Jim Cook of Neola. The 650 workers at the plant went out on strike at midnight.
Refrigeration Compressor
Plant Engineer Gene Baker inspects the 800-horsepower compressor that will meet the Beefland plant's refrigeration needs. The plant is scheduled to be in full operation early in 1970.
Agree To Beefland Purchase
Beefland International Plant . . . which has been closed since January will be sold to a New York firm, pending approval of federal court and the boards of directors of American Beef Packers and Kane-Miller, Inc. of Tarrytown, N.Y.
Mammoth Cooling Facility
A giant sales cooler that will keep meat items at a minus 40 degree temperature is near the finishing stages at Beefland. With thousands of overhead rails to move the meat in and out of the cooler, the facility has a capacity for nearly a million…
Beefland's Holding Pens
Beefland International is gearing up to slaughter and process up to 2,000 head of cattle per day. Storing the cattle prior to processing will be done in these holding pens situated on a sloped, concrete area that can be cleaned regularly. Cattle will…
Crescent turns tap on future
Postal employee Erma Hanson of Honey Creek sorts through daily mail at the Crescent Post Office.