Atlanta, Indiana
May 3, 2007
Beck’s Superior Hybrids
has begun construction on expansion of facilities at its
Atlanta, IN. headquarters. The expansion plans include tripling
the current 9,000 square-feet of greenhouse space to a total of
27,000 square feet and more than doubling their current 40,000
square-feet corn drying center.
Sonny Beck, President of Beck’s, explains, “Our 2 year expansion
project is necessary to meet our increasing grower demands for
high quality traited seed corn products. Beck’s is now the sixth
largest retail seed company in the nation in sales of corn,
soybeans and wheat, and the only one among the top six that’s
family owned. We are dedicated to remaining a family-owned,
independent seed company providing our customers with the best
in seed quality, field performance, and service.”
Greenhouses
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Scott Beck, VP and
Todd Marschand, Facility Manager |
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The greenhouse expansions will be
dedicated to plant breeding and trait introgression providing
Beck’s with year-round research enabling turnaround time to be
reduced on new hybrids introduced into the market. Two
greenhouses will be completed by October 2007 and the final two
will be completed by March 2008. This will provide Beck’s with
an efficient, technologically advanced facility for trait
incorporation and new genetic combinations. “Due to the increase
in grower demand for technologies and Beck’s goals of providing
the best technology with the best genetics, we have experienced
a need for additional greenhouse space,” said Scott Beck, Vice
President of Beck’s Hybrids. “Beck’s is working with numerous
trait providers to provide the best and most complete trait
packages available. Growers today want choices as well as
stacked trait combinations which Beck’s will be able to provide.
We look forward to delivering these combinations to our growers
at the fastest pace possible.”
Drying Center
The Drying Center expansion will allow for efficient and timely
harvest of Beck’s expanded seed corn production. The new
expansion, which is expected to be completed by the fall of
2008, will include an additional Husk and Sort building which
utilizes machines and laborers to remove husks from harvested
seed corn ears and sort out unwanted ears not meeting Beck’s
quality standards. This expansion will increase Beck’s current
husking and sorting capacity by 3 fold.
The additional 40,000 square feet of drying buildings will have
over 40% increased drying fan capacity. “These two new
state-of-the-art expansions will help meet our growing customer
demands into the next decade,” said Beck.
Additionally, last year Beck’s expanded their warehouse storage
capacity space by 60,000 square feet. That’s the equivalent to
1.25 high school football fields.
Beck’s Hybrids is a family-owned and operated seed corn,
soybean, wheat and forage company that serves farmers throughout
Indiana and selected counties in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and
Kentucky. |
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