FEATURE: LONG-TERM THINKING BEARS FRUIT The new mill in Chilliwack includes two eight-section Ocrim sifters. Photo by L. Joshua Sosland. The cleaning house of the new B mill is automated (as is the A). The B mill features a color sorter helping ensure any off-color wheat will be removed from the stream. 7KH % PLOO IHDWXUHV VHYHQ EXON ÀRXU ELQV ZLWK FZWVRIVWRUDJHFDSDFLW\DQGHLJKWEXONELQVZLWK FZWV)LYHORDGRXWELQVKROGFZWVDSLHFH :KHQWKHGHFLVLRQZDVPDGHLQWRDGGDVHFRQG XQLWDW&KLOOLZDFNWKHFRPSDQ\VROLFLWHGHTXLSPHQWVXSSOLHUVWRELGRQWKHSURMHFW,QWKHHQGWKHFRPSDQ\RSWHG to retain Ocrim and CETEC. Ocrim/CETEC supplied the Chilliwack A-mill. ³:HKDYHEHHQKDSS\ZLWKRXU¿UVWPLOO´2¶%ULHQVDLG 0HULGLDQ 0DQXIDFWXULQJ ,QF /HWKEULGJH $OEHUWD VXSSOLHG ÀRXU DQG LQSURFHVV ELQV 2WKHU NH\ SOD\HUV LQ WKH SURMHFW LQFOXGHG WKH FRQWUDFWRU :HVWSUR ,QIUDVWUXFWXUH/WG&DOJDU\$OEHUWDHOHFWULFDOHQJLQHHULQJ%HUWV(OHFWULF/WG/DQJOH\%ULWLVK&ROXPELD%HUWV GLGWKHVDPHZRUNIRUWKH$XQLWHTXLSPHQWLQVWDOODWLRQ ZDV KDQGOHG E\ 0DLQODQG 0DFKLQHU\ /WG$EERWVIRUG British Columbia. /DUJHO\DWXUQNH\2FULPSURMHFWWKHPLOOIHDWXUHVIRXU GRXEOHKLJKDQGVL[VLQJOHUROOVWDQGVWZRVHFWLRQVLIWHUV DQGWKUHHSXUL¿HUV7KHFOHDQLQJKRXVHIHDWXUHVD&LPEULD color sorter. The mill and cleaning house are highly automated. While currently Chilliwack is staffed by two millHUV RYHUQLJKW RQH IRU HDFK XQLW 2¶%ULHQ VDLG WKDW RYHU time the goal is for a single miller to run both. LEADERSHIP CHANGES Rogers also has successfully weathered a major leadership WUDQVLWLRQ RYHU WKH SDVW \HDU$V SUHVLGHQW *LUGQHU VXFFHHGHG9LF%HOOZKRKDGVHUYHGDVSUHVLGHQWRI5RJHUV )RRGVIRU\HDUV:KHQ&KLOOLZDFNEHJDQRSHUDWLRQV 5RJHUV¶KDGDVVHDVRQHGDWHDPRIPDQDJHUVDVDQ\PLOOLQJ FRPSDQ\ LQ 1RUWK$PHULFD 6LQFH WKHQ LQ DGGLWLRQ WR%HOO/HZ5RVVQHUDQG5XG\%HUJHQRWKHUORQJWLPH 5RJHUVH[HFXWLYHVUHWLUHGDQGWKHFRPSDQ\¶VFKLHI¿QDQFLDO RI¿FHU %UHQW +HQGHUVRQ GLHG VXGGHQO\ IROORZLQJ D brief illness. Michele Tepper has been named controller of the &KLOOLZDFNEXVLQHVVDQG%UDG'XJJDQLVWKHPLOO¶VGLUHFWRURIVDOHV'XJJDQKDVEHHQZLWK5RJHUVIRUVHYHQ\HDUV Another change in recent years has been interaction ZLWK0LOOHU0LOOLQJ&R%ORRPLQJWRQ0LQQHVRWD86 1LVVKLQDFTXLUHG0LOOHU0LOOLQJLQDQG5RJHUVDQG 0LOOHU FRQWLQXH WR RSHUDWH LQGHSHQGHQWO\ 6WLOO ZKLOH there was little formal interaction between Rogers and 0LOOHU0LOOLQJLQLWLDOO\FRRSHUDWLRQKDVH[SDQGHGVWHDGLO\ WKURXJKWKH\HDUV2¶%ULHQVDLG ³)LUVW LW ZDV EHWZHHQ WKH OHDGHUVKLS DQG WKHQ LW H[SDQGHGWRVDOHVDQGWKHQJUDLQ´KHVDLG³:LWK-HIIWKHUH -HII7KRPDV&(2RI0LOOHU0LOOLQJIRUPHUO\YLFHSUHVLGHQWRIRSHUDWLRQVZHDUHZRUNLQJWRFRRSHUDWHPRUHRQ WKHSURGXFWLRQVLGH´ 7KHZLGHUDQJHRIÀRXUVPLOOHGDW&KLOOLZDFNDUHLQDGGLWLRQWRWKHVSHFLDOW\ÀRXUVPLOOHGDWWKHRULJLQDO5RJHUV ÀRXUPLOO:KLOHWKHQHZ%XQLWZLOOPLOOZKROHZKHDW PRVW RI 5RJHUV¶ ZKROH ZKHDW SURGXFWLRQ LV PLOOHG DW $UPVWURQJ 2¶%ULHQ VDLG +H VDLG WKDW RYHUDOO GHPDQG IRUZKROHZKHDWLQ&DQDGDKDVÀDWWHQHGPXFKOLNHWKH 8QLWHG6WDWHV *LUGQHU DQG 2¶%ULHQ VSOLW WKHLU WLPH EHWZHHQ WKH &KLOOLZDFNPLOODQG5RJHUV¶RULJLQDOPLOOLQ$UPVWURQJ 7KHFRPSDQ\¶VKHDGTXDUWHUVUHPDLQLQ$UPVWURQJ L. Joshua Sosland is editor of Milling & Baking News, sister publication of World Grain. He can be reached at jsosland@sosland.com. We want to hear from you - Send comments and inquiries to worldgrain@sosland.com. For reprints of WG articles, e-mail reprints@sosland.com. 30 April 2018 / World Grain / www.World-Grain.comhttp://www.World-Grain.com