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 [...]
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
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 [...]
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tim Vilsack and U.S. Rep Debbie Stabenow visited Zeeland Farm Services as part of the "Jobs of the Future" tour, where Stabenow discussed her initiatives to boost Michigan's new economy by helping innovative companies create the new high-tech jobs of the future Read More
Zoye low-saturated soybean oil is now available at all Meijer stores in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Kentucky and at participating Spartan Stores. Zoye Low-Sat 100 percent pure soybean oil contains no trans fat, no cholesterol, and no hydrogenation. It has only one gram of saturated fat per serving, which is half the saturated fat [...]
ZEELAND, Mich. – Today, Lt. Governor John D. Cherry, Jr. and Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) Director Don Koivisto awarded Zeeland Farm Services, Inc. of Zeeland as the “Michigan Agriculture Exporter of the Year" for its ability to provide high quality products to their international customers. "Zeeland Farm Services is an exemplary representation of Michigan’s [...]
