Ted Huisinga and Ray Norling of the Willmar Poultry Co., a poultry hatchery specializing in turkey eggs and poults, have been chosen as recipients of the University of Minnesota’s Siehl Prize in Agriculture.
The two are credited with building the company into a multi-faceted firm with a dozen affiliated companies, all related to the turkey industry. Two of those affiliate companies recently purchased a former state hospital and repurposed it to a high-technology campus aimed at expanding biotechnology, genetics, engineering and agriculture in west-central Minnesota. Huisinga and Norling are also well-known in the industry for their active work in food safety and animal health.
The prize is awarded annually by the university’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences. It was created by a gift from Minnesota businessman Eldon Siehl to recognize living individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the production of food and alleviation of hunger in three separate categories: production, agribusiness, and knowledge.
They will be honored at a May 23 ceremony.
The two are credited with building the company into a multi-faceted firm with a dozen affiliated companies, all related to the turkey industry. Two of those affiliate companies recently purchased a former state hospital and repurposed it to a high-technology campus aimed at expanding biotechnology, genetics, engineering and agriculture in west-central Minnesota. Huisinga and Norling are also well-known in the industry for their active work in food safety and animal health.
The prize is awarded annually by the university’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences. It was created by a gift from Minnesota businessman Eldon Siehl to recognize living individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the production of food and alleviation of hunger in three separate categories: production, agribusiness, and knowledge.
They will be honored at a May 23 ceremony.
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