With 1,363 farms utilizing 186,154 acres, Ottawa County’s farms generate 534 million dollars in agricultural products (2012 Ag Census). This tremendous output places the County third statewide in the value of agricultural receipts. However, the reality is that farmland loss is happening at an alarming rate of 175 acres every hour all across the U.S., and [...]
The hard work continues on the expansion to the ZFS offices on 84th Avenue in Zeeland Township as masons work to skin the building in brick. As of Thursday, Sept. 27, after three days of work, roughly half of the expansion was covered, and we anticipate the entire addition will be bricked by the first [...]
Zeeland Farm Services was featured in a very nice article by Rapid Growth GR, an online publication. Check out the article at the link below. To view the article from the Rapid Growth Media website click here. For drivers taking I-196 from Grand Rapids toward the lakeshore, Zeeland Farm Services is a familiar landmark, its steel grain bins [...]
Our nation’s educators push math, science, reading and social studies with an emphasis on standardized testing, but are students ready for the real world? Practical lessons grounded in agriculture could help prepare them for adulthood. I was reading a parenting blog the other day and found a list of fundamental skills kids should learn before [...]
ZEELAND, Mich. – ZFS Creston, LLC, an affiliate of Zeeland Farm Services, Inc., has purchased a soybean processing facility, soy flour mill, grain elevator, and non-gmo soybean inventories in Creston, Iowa from CHS Inc. The facility in southwest Iowa can produce soybean meal, soy white flakes, soy flour and soybean oil used by a [...]
ZEELAND, Mich. — Zeeland Farm Services, Inc.® is proud to announce that several of its non-GMO products have obtained Non-GMO Project verification. Six non-GMO soybean oils in the Zoye® line of premium vegetable oils have earned non-GMO verification from the Non-GMO Project, as well as four varieties of non-GMO soybean meal and ZFS’ non-GMO soybean [...]
Just weeks after Zeeland Farm Services Inc.® celebrated the 20th anniversary of Michigan’s first soybean processing plant, its affiliate, ZFS Ithaca, LLC®, is announcing plans for a second, larger facility – a major new investment designed to expand capacity to serve Michigan agriculture. Read More
As a sponsor of the Great Lakes Ag-Tech Business Incubator, Zeeland Farm Services, Inc. is excited to announce the launch of the new Great Lakes Ag-Tech Business Incubator website. It is now live. Click here to view. The Great Lakes Ag-Tech Business Incubator provides hands-on, customized services to help farmers, entrepreneurs, and existing businesses commercialize, [...]
Zeeland, Mich - The Michigan Agri-Business Association this week recognized the significant contributions of Clifford Meeuwsen, president of Zeeland Farm Services, to Michigan agriculture with its 2015 Leaders and Legends Award. Meeuwsen was presented with the honor at the 2015 MABA Fall Outlook Conference. “Cliff Meeuwsen has exemplified innovation and tremendous optimism during the course [...]
Zeeland, Mich. - Zeeland Farm Services, Inc.® on Nov. 15 was named a winner of the Corp! magazine 2012 Food and Agriculture Award, honoring companies for their contributions to Michigan’s economy and the state’s food and agriculture industries. ” They are the ones who grow the fruits and vegetables as well as tend to the [...]
