25 YEARS ENVIRONMENTAL RESPECT 2O15 ENVIRONMENT AL RESPECT A
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INNOVATIONS
Over 25 years, plenty of Environmental Respect winners have featured interesting innovations in the stewardship area. Here’s a sampling:
Innovation #1 RAILROAD LOADING PROTECTION
Innovation #2 DUST CONTROL
For 2008 regional winner Wilbur- Ellis Co., Grant, MI, providing dry fertilizer for growers is a key part of business. Yet, since the com- pany is located right off the city’s main street, keeping this product from spreading unnecessarily is a major requirement. To accomplish this, Wilbur-Ellis Grant uses a series of covered belt conveyors and dust hoods when moving this product to waiting trucks.
At 2007 regional winner Simplot Grower Solutions, Berea, NE, much of the prod- uct being moved in and out of the facility travels via railcar. To safeguard this part of its operations, the company has installed a locked steel cage overtop its dispensing valves. “This helps protect any prod- uct moving through this valve from being tampered with,” says the company.
Innovation #3 COLORED PIPING
The 2009 National winner and 2013 Spirit Award winner Wabash Valley Service Co., Browns, IL, has several environmentally-friendly features at its facility. However, perhaps the most innovative of these is use of a color scheme to keep crop protection products from being sent down the wrong pipe. “These run from the bulk tanks to the mixing vats, and the color coding makes it easy to see which product should be going where,” says the company.
T IM E L INE 2007
U.S. NATIONAL WIN- NERS TOUR AGRICUL- TURE IN MEXICO AS PART OF THE WORLD OF RESPECT PRO- GRAM.
2008
MOTT GRAIN & AGRONO- MY, MOTT, ND, WINS THE NATIONAL AWARD (THE COMPANY IS NOW PART OF WILBUR-ELLIS).
CONTINU ED 2009
WABASH VALLEY SER- VICE CO., BROWNS, IL, IS NAMED THE NATION- AL AWARD WINNER.
2010
THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESPECT SEES THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SPIRIT AWARD (TO HONOR PAST WINNERS ONCE MORE).
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