Truex Talks to KLA
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Staff Report-
Ron Truex, president of Creighton Brothers, discussed farming as a business. Kelly Heckaman, Purdue Extension educator, did a comparative analysis of agriculture in Kosciusko County. Rick Van Puffelen, of Chore-Time Brock, discussed agriculture as an industrial operation.
Truex began by sharing how Creighton Brothers began in 1925 selling eggs in brown boxes. He talked about the company’s progression from just selling fresh eggs to now offering milk cartons of frozen scrambled eggs, eggs in water submersible bags, packages of crumbled eggs for buffets, and customized blends of sugar yolk and salt yolk.
It was revealed that they “are in the planning stages for a facility for both area visitors and locals to experience the most modern egg-laying facility representative of the newest farms across the country. Visitors will have the opportunity to go in with the hens and gather their own eggs year-round or just observe the hens from observation windows. In addition, all of Creighton’s egg products will be available to the public along with other egg-related goodies.”
Van Puffelen followed next with the history of CTB, telling how it started in the founder’s basement in 1952 and grew through the years, resulting in 2002 becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
He informed the KLA class that CTB “feeds the world” and has facilities located around the globe, serving poultry, hog, egg production and grain industries on an international basis. Van Puffelen further shared that CTB operates in 11 geographic locations outside the U.S. and in eight locations in the U.S.
Heckaman was the final speaker and began with the definition of a farm, “Any place from which $1,000 or more in products are produced or sold … .”
According to figures, the farm population is decreasing steadily. She explained that fewer young people are becoming farmers. Heckaman ended by inviting KLA class members to attend the upcoming free Taste of Agriculture event at the Warsaw fairgrounds April 10. People will have the opportunity to taste products available and produced in Kosciusko County.
The next KLA meeting will be the Planning for the Future of Kosciusko County session March 13 at Zimmer Building 5, starting at 7 a.m.[[In-content Ad]]
Ron Truex, president of Creighton Brothers, discussed farming as a business. Kelly Heckaman, Purdue Extension educator, did a comparative analysis of agriculture in Kosciusko County. Rick Van Puffelen, of Chore-Time Brock, discussed agriculture as an industrial operation.
Truex began by sharing how Creighton Brothers began in 1925 selling eggs in brown boxes. He talked about the company’s progression from just selling fresh eggs to now offering milk cartons of frozen scrambled eggs, eggs in water submersible bags, packages of crumbled eggs for buffets, and customized blends of sugar yolk and salt yolk.
It was revealed that they “are in the planning stages for a facility for both area visitors and locals to experience the most modern egg-laying facility representative of the newest farms across the country. Visitors will have the opportunity to go in with the hens and gather their own eggs year-round or just observe the hens from observation windows. In addition, all of Creighton’s egg products will be available to the public along with other egg-related goodies.”
Van Puffelen followed next with the history of CTB, telling how it started in the founder’s basement in 1952 and grew through the years, resulting in 2002 becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
He informed the KLA class that CTB “feeds the world” and has facilities located around the globe, serving poultry, hog, egg production and grain industries on an international basis. Van Puffelen further shared that CTB operates in 11 geographic locations outside the U.S. and in eight locations in the U.S.
Heckaman was the final speaker and began with the definition of a farm, “Any place from which $1,000 or more in products are produced or sold … .”
According to figures, the farm population is decreasing steadily. She explained that fewer young people are becoming farmers. Heckaman ended by inviting KLA class members to attend the upcoming free Taste of Agriculture event at the Warsaw fairgrounds April 10. People will have the opportunity to taste products available and produced in Kosciusko County.
The next KLA meeting will be the Planning for the Future of Kosciusko County session March 13 at Zimmer Building 5, starting at 7 a.m.[[In-content Ad]]
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