Roy Henry

When we asked Roy Henry to comment for this newsletter on how the Farmweld Flooring System is performing at his Longford, KS, genetic multiplier operation, he told us he would normally decline such a request. He's made it a habit not to tie himself or his operation with certain products or companies. But he agreed this time, saying he has really liked what he's observed about Farmweld. "The customer is number one," he says. "Farmweld's people are always interested in what I want to accomplish and not just trying to pressure me to buy."

Henry installed several thousand square feet of Farmweld's orange plastic panels in 1997 in eight new pull-plug, pit-ventilated nursery rooms. He says the panels have performed very well at Henrys LTD, without signs of wear and tear or damage from pigs.

Plastic hasn't always been the nursery flooring of choice at Henry's operation. Wire and coated wire were routinely used in nurseries in the past. But Henry decided on Farmweld's plastic panels for the new facilities based on several positive comments from other producers using the flooring.

Selecting a high quality plastic was a priority. "There are lots of different grades of plastic," warns Henry, who wanted to avoid a low quality plastic that would become brittle and break easily. The Farmweld Flooring System's high quality plastic, along with the interlocking design and heavy-duty beaming, creates a flooring that will go the distance, according to Henry.

Farmweld's molded, polypropylene flooring is not only durable. Henry says the panels clean up well. "Given the proper effort, they can be made as clean as anything we've ever seen," Henry says.

The flooring was also easy to install. "The panels snapped together just like they were supposed to," recalls Henry.

He says he also thinks Farmweld's quarter inch steel beaming contributes to the durability and strength of the flooring.

"Every indication we've seen is that this will be a long-life floor," says Henry.