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Upgrading the Mountain View Seed Cleaning Plant in a Pandemic

Despite pandemic delays, Mountain View Seed Cleaning Plant managed to upgrade and expand its seed cleaning plant.

When Alastair Truesdale became plant manager of Mountain View Seed Cleaning Plant he had a vision. He knew the plant was dated but he saw potential. With the amount of business going through it and new technology available, he knew the plant could upgrade, expand and become more.

“The new manager was very progressive. He came along and it’s one of those things if you don’t keep up with changes in agriculture or any business to keep the business upgraded. It lags behind and then all sudden  you’re struggling to find ways to get it back into shape,” Larry Hildebrandt, board member of Mountain View Seed Cleaning Plant, says in a phone interview.

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