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New Plant: 450 Workers, Payroll Of $7.5 Million
Welcoming . . . Ben Goehring, president of Goehring Meat Inc., to Council Bluffs is Mayor David Christiansen, standing. Gov. Robert Ray also attended the press conference held at Lakeshore Country Club.
Great Plains Beef To Build $2 Million Addition
Construction Of A New Facility . . . for boxed beef storage and handling, shown at the far left of this artist's conception, will begin Monday at Great Plains Beef. The $2 million facility, when completed in January, will employ about 50 people and…
CROP event set to go on Sunday
Signing Pledge Sheet...is the Rev. Clifford Ruff, pastor of Peace Church of the Brethren for Wanita Green, 14m and Mike Green, 15, for the Sunday CROP bike and hike for world hunger. They are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Junior Green, 2205 S. 10th…
Lack of transportation causing storage problems. September 23, 1979
Waiting In Line...are farmers hauling grain to the Pillsbury elevator in Council Bluffs. Long lines of grain trucks have been a common sight in the area as farmers try to make room for the coming harvest, estimated to be the largest in Iowa history.
Lack of transportation causing storage problems. September 23, 1979
Standing By A Grain Elevator...are a number of hopper cars to haul grain. But there are not enough cars to haul all the grain that needs to be moved and a Rock Islan strike of the past few weeks have made the situation worse.
Welding Pipes
Charles Murphy of San Antonio, Tex., and Robert Hicks of Omaha, a steamfitter, work on one of the thousands of feet of pipe that are being installed at Beefland International's new plant here.
Plasterers At Work
Plasterers put the finishing touches on the walls of Beefland's large cooler. The plaster is used as a finish over the layers of heavy insulation. The cooler is designed to hold about a million pounds of product.
Security Guard
Beefland International will keep guards on duty at the plant on a 24-hour basis. All vehicles are checked at the main gate of the $4 million plus beef processing operation here.
Special Treatment For Beefland Plant's Waste
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Dehydration Plant - This large piece of machinery at Beefland International will dry and sterilize paunch manure from the plant's operation and turn it into a commercial cattle feed. The equipment, after it is installed, will be enclosed in a…
Dehydration Plant - This large piece of machinery at Beefland International will dry and sterilize paunch manure from the plant's operation and turn it into a commercial cattle feed. The equipment, after it is installed, will be enclosed in a…
Beefland Hiring Back Its Employees
A Helicopter Zeroes In . . . to lift a 2,600-pound motor from an aerator in the lagoon area at Beefland International Tuesday. But the helicopter just didn't have enough 'umph' to get the job done. Plant Supt. Carl Summers said another method will be…
Petitions Ask Immediate City Action To Halt Odor
Youngsters On Avenue B . . . were stopping motorists Wednesday and asking them to sign a petition which calls for immediate action on odors in the city's west side.
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…