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ZFS Gets New Wall Decor

We want to give a big shoutout and a heartfelt thank you to our friend, handyman Paul Eddy (left), who volunteered his time and talent to build and install a one-of-kind display at the ZFS corporate office. We also want to thank Zeeland Freight Services employee Carl Clark, (right) who worked side-by-side with Paul to [...]

By |2020-11-12T18:43:32+00:00November 12th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on ZFS Gets New Wall Decor

U.S. Secretary of Ag, Sonny Perdue, Visits ZFS Ithaca

We are proud to have the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and his staff as guests at ZFS Ithaca, Oct. 23. We are truly honored that he took the time to visit our facility.

By |2020-11-12T18:41:10+00:00October 25th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on U.S. Secretary of Ag, Sonny Perdue, Visits ZFS Ithaca

Harvest 2020 Has Begun!

Harvest 2020 has officially started at Zeeland Farm Services. The first load of new crop soybeans was delivered to ZFS about 8:30 this morning by Jack (left) and Trent TerHaar of TerHaar Farms in Zeeland. They were accompanied, as usual, by their pup Copper. The beans came in at 12.8% moisture with a test weight [...]

By |2020-11-12T18:42:58+00:00September 18th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Harvest 2020 Has Begun!

ZFS and Nisshin Celebrate 20-Year Partnership

We had a wonderful time on Thursday night celebrating 20 years of doing business with our partners in Japan. Thank you Kikkoman Corporation, Nisshin OlliO Group, Ltd. and Nisshin Shokai Co., Ltd. for two great and prosperous decades. Looking forward to what is in store for the next 20 years as we continue to work [...]

By |2020-02-10T17:16:30+00:00February 10th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on ZFS and Nisshin Celebrate 20-Year Partnership

ZFS takes first load of new crop soybeans in 2019

Harvest 2019 has officially started at Zeeland Farm Services as we took in our first load of new crop beans this morning. A load from Jablonski Farms in Wayland rolled over our scales at about 10 a.m. today, with a moisture content of 14.4 percent. So, we are off and running. Fingers crossed for a [...]

By |2019-10-16T17:48:10+00:00October 16th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on ZFS takes first load of new crop soybeans in 2019

ZFS® Ithaca to receive soybeans at harvest; Operations expected to begin in late 2019

ITHACA, Mich. – ZFS Ithaca, LLC, Michigan’s largest soybean processing facility, is nearing completion of construction and will begin receiving soybeans at harvest 2019, with plans to begin operations later in the year. The facility at 1266 E. Washington Rd., Ithaca, Mich., will be capable of processing more than 40 million bushels of soybeans annually. [...]

By |2019-07-26T16:59:58+00:00July 15th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on ZFS® Ithaca to receive soybeans at harvest; Operations expected to begin in late 2019

llinois farmers give up on planting and throw party

The Happy Spot was a little depressed. Dozens of corn farmers and those who sell them seed, chemicals and equipment gathered on Thursday at the restaurant in Deer Grove, Illinois, after heavy rains caused unprecedented delays in planting this year and contributed to record floods across the central United States. The storms have left millions [...]

By |2019-07-15T18:57:16+00:00June 25th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on llinois farmers give up on planting and throw party

ZFS Joins Brazil Soybean Study Tour

In mid-February a group of soybean farmers, industry representatives and staff from Michigan headed to Brazil on a soybean study tour to learn about soybean production and infrastructure in the country. Among those visiting Brazil was our own seed division and specialty program manager, Ben Glass. Brazil is the U.S.’s largest competitor when it [...]

By |2019-05-09T12:33:45+00:00May 9th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on ZFS Joins Brazil Soybean Study Tour

ZFS Ithaca Receives Air Quality Division (AQD) Permit

ZFS Ithaca, LLC, an affiliate of Zeeland Farm Services, received an Air Quality Division (AQD) Permit to Install (PTI) on June 1, 2018, and is currently under construction on 435 acres of property located less than one quarter mile east of US-127 in Ithaca, Gratiot County, on the site of the former, partially-developed, Liberty Renewable Fuels ethanol plant. To read [...]

By |2019-02-15T19:01:18+00:00February 15th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on ZFS Ithaca Receives Air Quality Division (AQD) Permit

ZFS Building Gets A New Sign

As the work continues on the interior of the expansion to the ZFS main administration office, the exterior of the expanded building is just about complete. A team from Midwest Sign Company inByron Center was on site on Feb. 14 to install the lighted ZFS signs that will adorn the outside of the building A [...]

By |2019-02-18T14:46:24+00:00February 14th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on ZFS Building Gets A New Sign
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