by Gary Billups | Nov 16, 2017 | Food Safety, Rice Milling, Technical
Food safety standards are usually pretty commonplace in factories or plants that specialize in cooked foots, meat processing, and dairy. Recently, however, our newest rice mill installation became AA rated BRC Certified which is fairly foreign to most of our...
by Gary Billups | Oct 5, 2016 | Rice Milling Equipment, Technical, Water Polisher, Wednesday Spotlight
Why should a water polisher be installed in a rice production line? It’s true that not every production line has a water polisher installed. I’ve seen some of the simplest production lines without a water polisher all the way up to sophisticated lines...
by Gary Billups | Oct 12, 2015 | Marketing Your Rice, Rice Milling Equipment, Technical
Let’s talk money. Maybe we should be more specific than a generic statement like that. Let’s talk about how to get more money in your pocket. There, I thought that would get your attention. In the farming business, and in any serious business, we are always...
by Gary Billups | Oct 6, 2015 | Rice Milling Equipment, Technical
On-Farm Milling: The Basics – Part 1 It’s no secret that many of us are die hard sports fans. We follow our teams daily, wear jerseys on our backs with their names on them, cheer when they win, and get cranky when they lose. We embrace our favorite...
by Gary Billups | Jul 20, 2015 | Rice Milling Equipment, Technical
As a young child, I quickly fell in love with Tinker Toys. A few years later, I graduated up to Lincoln Logs and then I finally reached the pinnacle of my building days with a plethora of Lego’s that would make any young boy’s mind soar with imagination....
by Gary Billups | Jun 30, 2015 | Technical
My grandfather used to say “A penny saved is a penny earned.” In the rice milling industry, we could incorporate that philosophy into a new mantra of “A rice kernel saved is a penny earned.” Milling rice inconsistently could equate to a lower...
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