by Gary Billups | Apr 26, 2017 | Rice Farmer, Rice Milling Equipment, ZaccariaUSA
What is the difference between a rice farmer and a rice miller? The simplest answer to that question is easy – a rice farmer grows rice and the other mills rice. But what does it look like when the rice farmer is also the rice miller? That’s a question...
by Gary Billups | Nov 20, 2016 | Holiday, ZaccariaUSA
Being appreciative is something that we don’t take lightly here at ZaccariaUSA. Traditionally, Thanksgiving is the 4th Thursday of November and is a time when we pause and take a look at all of the things that we have been blessed with. In the spirit of...
by Gary Billups | Nov 18, 2016 | Pack Expo, Packaging, Trade Show, ZaccariaUSA
Pack Expo in Chicago this year was unlike anything I could have ever imagined. It was, by far, the largest convention that I have ever attended and I can honestly say that everyone looking to mill their own rice should attend this great show. I can also say that you...
by Gary Billups | Oct 12, 2016 | Wednesday Spotlight, ZaccariaUSA
A whiteness meter is used in the rice milling industry to let the operator know that they are milling rice to the optimum quality that the customer is demanding. Why is this important? As you whiten a rice kernel with an abrasive stone, you are wearing off layers of...
by Gary Billups | Oct 10, 2016 | Self Help, ZaccariaUSA
Columbus Day has always been on the second Monday of October and traditionally celebrates the discovery that Christopher Columbus made in 1492 after he sailed the ocean blue. We all know that he “discovered” the Americas and it is a Federal Holiday that...
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