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ASABE Spring Trip 2013 . Omaha, Nebraska April 5th-7th. The facility in Omaha, Nebraska is one of the most modern manufacturing facilities in the ag industry.
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ASABE Spring Trip 2013 Omaha, Nebraska April 5th-7th
The facility in Omaha, Nebraska is one of the most modern manufacturing facilities in the ag industry. • Omaha is the assembly site for North America’s LEXION combines and home to a team of engineers and CLAAS personnel spearheading combine and header development. • Home of the award winning LEXION combine • JAGUAR is the most popular self-propelled forage harvester in the world.
Multinational agricultural biotechnology • Leading producer of genetically engineered (GE)seed and of the herbicide glyphosate, which it markets under the Roundup brand. • Located in Blair, NE
Corn Milling • Manufacturer of value-added corn and sugar based products serving the Food, Feed and Fermentation segments • Wide variety of products and services • high fructose corn syrup, corn syrups, dextrose syrups and sucrose that are used in an array of beverage, brewing, confectionery, food and pharmaceutical applications • a variety of innovative, dry corn ingredients that are used in cereals, snacks, breads, tortillas and animal feed applications • produce fuel-grade ethanol and are a leading supplier of corn oil, acidulants, corn gluten meal and corn gluten feed products. • Located in Blair, NE
Nations leading restaurant food supplier, and the second largest grocery store supplier. • Have brands like Blue Bonnet, Bumble Bee, Butterball, Chef Boyardee, Healthy Choice, Hunt's, La Choy, Orville Redenbacher's, PAM, Parkay, Slim Jim, Swiss Miss, and Wesson • World Headquarters in Omaha!
a farmer-owned cooperative engaged in the procurement, processing, marketing, and transportation of grains and grain products. • operates nine soybean processing plants • The largest "cooperative" soybean processing company in the world. • Headquarters located in Omaha
Manufactures and distributes all across North America, a complete line of power transmission products, including sprockets, gears, pulleys, sheaves, Weldahubs, bushings, keyed shafting, couplers, spline shafts, clutches, roller chain, PTO drivelines, and guards, universal joints, yokes, adaptors, threaded rod, nuts, round, square and rectangular tubing and shafting, jacks, wheel hubs and spindles, and special made to order parts.
Providing natural gas and safe drinking water to Omaha and surrounding areas • Only metropolitan utility district in the State of Nebraska. • Their strength lies in being a public utility, customer-owned and governed by a locally-elected board of directors • 5th largest public gas utility in the United States
Details! • About 2.5-3 hr. drive • Group supper at Spaghetti Works! • A great way to meet people in ASABE and to get to know each other! • Learn more about nearby companies that fit everyone’s focuses!
Sign up on the sheet that is going around if you would like to go on the trip! • If you helped with concessions, some of your trip will be paid for! • Deposit is $20 • Due next general meeting, I will send a reminder. • Email me, bailleyr@iastate.edu, if you have any questions!