Star of the West Milling Company

09/02/2026

Wheat Wednesday: Wheat planting is right around the corner, and make sure you plant on time! Learn more about a preferred planting window from our own Dennis Pennington from MSU:

Research from Michigan State University links an early seeding window and 5‑inch row spacing with more wheat heads per square meter and double‑digit bushel gains.

09/01/2026

Top-Notch Tuesday: A big shout out to Brandon T. for his 5-star tour of the Munger facility! This organic facility cleans and packages both dry beans and food-grade soybeans, and Brandon was able to expertly share the finer points of each process and machine for our guest Chelsea Didinger from https://alegumeaday.com/.

08/31/2026

Learn More Monday: We were happy to share more about our Munger, MI facility with Chelsea Didinger from https://alegumeaday.com/. Dry beans are important to Star of the West, and they are important to her work as well. Munger does an excellent job of cleaning and packaging the beans for all of us to eat!

08/30/2026

Sunday Showcase: These Great Northern Beans are showing off their size, color and jumping skills as they work through the series of cleaning machines at our Munger, Michigan organic facility!

08/29/2026

Sustainability Saturday: Do you see wheat stubble fields starting to green up and wonder what is happening? It might be clover, as shown below! Many Michigan growers frost-seed clover so it grows after harvest for a cover crop. This clover can be found in the Ubly area on Kevin Messing's farm. Kevin delivers soft white wheat to Star of the West and we appreciate his business and his focus on sustainbility and cover crops!

08/28/2026

Farmer Friday: A big thank you to Adam Hass of Marlin Farms for sharing his organic journery and overall farming story! It was great to learn more about his farm and walk in the fields that will be delivered to Star of the West. Shown with Adam are Star of the West staff and Chelsea Didinger from https://alegumeaday.com/

08/27/2026

Throwback Thursday: A look back at a pull-type combine used during dry bean harvest.

While many growers today harvest dry beans using direct-cut combines, some farms across our region still use pull-type combines and traditional harvest methods that have been passed down through generations.

Different equipment, same goal.

08/26/2026

National Dog Day 🐾

Meet Alvin, Marcia & Jeff Herzog’s four-legged companion and now an award-winning pup.

Sporting a Nightingale Flour bag as part of his costume, Alvin took home 2nd place for Best Dressed Dog at the Dog Bowl this year.

Jeff spent more than 40 years driving truck for Star of the West, and we love seeing the Star of the West family represented in such a fun way.

08/25/2026

Top-Notch Tuesday: Thank you to Kori R. from our Willard team who recently took a Star of the West truck to the Touch a Truck event at the Attica Independent Fair in Attica, Ohio. It was a great opportunity for the kids to see a vehicle different than emergency vehicles, and of course Kori took the opporunity to pass out fish-shaped crackers to the attendees!

08/24/2026

Learn More Monday: Our Rapson team, who receives the largest number of dry beans in the company, was able to visit with and learn more from Chelsea Didinger, PhD, a nutrionist who focuses on dry beans/legumes. Her website https://alegumeaday.com/ has tasty dry bean recipes!