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Siemer Milling Pledges $1M Gift to Propel Wheat Research

U of I Wheat Research

During the 2024 Double Crop Farmers’ Forum on Monday, Siemer Milling Company announced a $1 million gift to launch the Siemer Milling Company Professorship and the Illinois Wheat Initiative within the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Founded in 1882, Siemer Milling Company is a family- and employee-owned business based […]

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Carl Schwinke Elected As A Director For The National Wheat Foundation

Carl Schwinke Elected As A Director For The National Wheat Foundation

Siemer Milling Company’s very own Vice President of Grain Supply, Carl Schwinke has been elected as a director for the National Wheat Foundation! The NWF held officer and director elections at their annual meeting in March. For the past 34 years at Siemer Milling, Carl has been responsible for overseeing risk management of wheat and […]

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Founders Day 2022

Founders Day 2022

This month, Siemer Milling is celebrating 140 years of operation! To celebrate, we thought it would be fun to take a look back at how Siemer Milling was founded and what the milling industry was like back in the 1800s. Siemer Milling Company began as “Hope Mills of Uptmor & Siemer Proprietors” on November 6th, […]

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Martha Stice Recipient of Effingham County Top 40 Under 40 Award

Martha Stice

Martha Stice Recipient of Effingham County Top 40 Under 40 Award Martha Siemer Stice, Director of Siemer Milling Company, was recently awarded one of the Top Under 40 designations by the Effingham County Chamber of Commerce and the Effingham Daily News. The award is selected based on the individual’s business, community, and charitable leadership in […]

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2021 Manufacturing Day

2021 Manufacturing Day

We were very excited to have shared some of our time with students from Effingham County to participate in the 2021 Manufacturing Day. We joined eight other local Effingham companies including Lake Land College and the Army Recruiting Office. We welcomed students to our facility, discussed what we do, and gave tours of the plant. […]

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Siemer Milling Company Increases Wheat Storage Capacity at West Harrison, Indiana Mill

Siemer Milling Company Increases Wheat Storage Capacity at West Harrison, Indiana Mill

February 2021 (Teutopolis, IL) Siemer Milling Company based in Teutopolis, Illinois has doubled the wheat storage at its mill in West Harrison, IN. This increase moves storage capacity from 1 million to 2.2 million bushels. The new storage consists of two steel bins, each with a capacity of 600,000 bushels. The bins were made by […]

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Carl Schwinke, our VP-Grain Supply, receives the 2021 University of Kentucky Wheat Science Service Award

Carl Schwinke, our VP-Grain Supply, receives the 2021 University of Kentucky Wheat Science Service Award

Last month, we were greatly honored when Carl Schwinke, our VP-Grain Supply, received the 2021 University of Kentucky Wheat Science Service Award. That recognition was made (virtually) at the annual UK Wheat Science Winter Meeting. Pictured is Carl with his plaque: UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment * 2021 Wheat Science Service Award Presented […]

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