MODERN TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED BY
PIONEER WORK ETHIC
BELOIT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Beloit has a very active Chamber of Commerce supported by a strong
business community working together toward the development of economic opportunities and
improving the quality of life in Beloit. The 153 member organization operates with 1 full
time and 2 part time staff and 12 Board of Directors.
Beloit businesses provide the following services and merchandise:
Abstractors/Architects & Engineers - 3
Accountants - Certified Public - 1
Accounting - 4
Aerial Applicators - 2
Air Conditioning - 5
Appliance/Television Service & Repair - 5
Appraisers - 5
Attorneys - 10
Auctioneers - 2
Auto & Truck Repair & Service - 10
Auto Suppliers/Body Shops/Wash - 10
Automobile Dealers - 4
Backhoe/Trenching - 2
Bakery - 2
Barbers/Beauty/Cosmetics - 13
Bowling Alley - 1
Bridal Shop - 1
Brokers - 5
Builders/Construction/Brick Layers - 6
Cable Television Communications - 1
Carpet/Home Decorating/Furniture - 3
Chiropractors - 2
Cleaners/Laundry/Laundromat - 1
Clothing/Mens-Womens-Children(new) - 4
Clubs/Entertainment/Recreation - 4
Commercial/Industrial/Home builders - 4
Commodities Broker - 1
Communications - 2
Concrete Finishers/Ready Mix - 2
Craft & Specialty Shops - 5
Credit Reporting & Collections - 1
Custom Meats - 3
Dance/Gymnastics - 1
Dairies - 1
Delicatessen - 2
Dentists - 2
Department/Catalog Store - 1
Discount Store - 2
Electrical Contractors - 3
Elevators - 1
Eyewear - 2
Feedlots(Commercial) - 1
Financial Institutions/Services - 6
Fishing/Hunting Licenses - 3
Fitness Centers - 1
Florists - 2
Food-Retail - 3
Funeral Directors - 2
Monuments - 1
Furnace/Heating - 5
Greenhouse/Florist - 3
Convenience Stores - 3
Hardware/Appliance - 5
Hospital/Rest Home/Medical Associates - 3
House Painters - 2
Implement & Machinery Dealers - 2
Insurance/Claim Assistance - 6
Irrigation Systems/Equipment/Repairs - 1
Jewelry - 2
Lawn/Greenhouse/Garden/Landscaping - 4
Life Saving Communication System - 1
Liquor/Wine/Beer (off sale only) - 3
Lumber/Building Materials - 1
Machine Shops - 1
Manufacturing - 2
Mobile Home Courts - 2
Motels/Hotels - 2
Natural Gas Company - 1
Newspapers - 1
Office Supply - 2
Optometrist/Eyewear - 2
Parcel Service - 2
Pharmacies - 2
Photography - 2
Physical Therapists - 1
Physician & Surgeons - 6
Plumbing/Supplies - 3
Printer - 3
Propane - 2
Public Utilities - 1
Radio Station - 1
Rental-Clothing - 1
Rental-Lawn/Garden - 3
Restaurants/Cafes/Drive Inns/Bakeries - 7
Retirement Home - 2
Seed Cleaning - 2
Service Stations - 6
Sewing/Notions - 4
Shoes/Boots/Handbags/Socks - 6
Sport Shop - 1
Storage/Warehouse - 2
Tax Preparation - 7
Television/VCR - 2
Tools - 6
Travel Service - 2
Tree Removal - 1
Truck Rental - 1
Truck Repair - 5
Truck Transportation (freight) - 3
Veterinarians - 2
Video Stores - 3
Welders - 1
Yarn/Needlework Supplies - 2
FINANCIAL
BANKS
Citizens State Bank
 | Loans of $14,013,490 |
| Assets of $33,002,805 |
| L/A Ratio of 42.0% |
Farmers State Bank-Beloit (New Branch)
First National Bank
| Loans of $18,305,000 |
| Assets of $50,852,000 |
| L/A Ratio of 36.0% |
Guaranty State Bank & Trust
| Loans of $26,140,747 |
| Assets of $50,519,089 |
| L/A Ratio of 51.7% |
SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATIONS
| First Kansas Federal Savings |
| Reiter Land Company |
| Rural Economic Community Development |
CREDIT UNIONS
| Farmway Credit Union |
AGRICULTURAL LENDING
| Citizens State Bank |
| Farmers State Bank |
| First National Bank |
| Guaranty State Bank |
| Reiter Land Company |
| Rural Economic Community Development |
| Farmway Credit Union |
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS
AGRICULTURE
Agriculture in Mitchell County is diverse. Diverse in the fact that
farmers here raise both crops and livestock. The vast majority of crops are produced under
dryland conditions. Wheat is the most important crop, followed by grain sorghum, soybeans,
corn, alfalfa, oats, forage sorghums and grass hays. Annually there are 40,000 to 50,000
head of beef cattle in Mitchell County. This number includes beef cows that have calved,
cattle on feed, backgrounder cattle, replacement heifers, etc. Mitchell County is home to
20-25,000 head of hogs and about 5,000 head of sheep and lambs.
Beloit's location along the Kyle Railroad gives access to all
markets across the country.
Beloit has cattle feedlots, livestock auction, agricultural chemical
and fertilizer company, Commercial feed mill manufacturing, machinery and equipment
manufacturing, grain elevators and a meat packing plant. Swine, sheep and cow/calf and
yearling backgrounding operations are also present.
Cattle Units Annually - (latest figures from 1993)
| Cows - 14,000 |
| Calves - 13,500 |
| Feedlot - 45,000 |
| Backgrounded - 10,000 |
| Dairy - 400 |
| Total of 82,900 |
POTENTIAL ANNUAL AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK INCOME
| Cattle - $49,740,000 |
| All other livestock - $5,000,000 |
| Total of $54,740,000 |
| Wheat - $31,500,000 |
| Milo - $9,100,000 |
| Other cereal grains - $1,000,000 |
| Pasture acres income (132,000 acres) - $2,250,000 |
| Total of $43,850,000 |
GRAND TOTAL $98,590,000
MAJOR
MANUFACTURERS/EMPLOYERS
Sunflower Mfg. (World-wide
distribution)
| Total Average Employment: 200 |
| Male - 156 |
| Female - 44 |
|
| Product: Farm Equipment |
| Union: None |
Farmway Co-op (Local-Regional distribution)
| Total Average Employment: 67 |
| Male - 52 |
| Female - 15 |
|
| Product: Feed, farm supplies |
| Union: None |
Boettcher Supply (Regional)
| Total Average Employment: 44 |
| Male - 37 |
| Female - 7 |
|
| Product: Wiring and elect. equipment |
| Union: None |
Professional Photo (National)
| Total Average Employment: 44 |
| Male - 3 |
| Female - 41 |
|
| Product: Lithography |
| Union: None |
Thompson OK Tire (Regional)
| Total Average Employment: 13 |
| Male - 10 |
| Female - 3 |
|
| Product: Tire recapping |
| Union: None |
Hilltop Lodge
| Total Average Employment: 138 |
| Male - 8 |
| Female - 130 |
|
| Product: Health Care |
| Union: None |
Beloit Juvenile Correctional Facility
| Total Average Employment: 124 |
| Male - 39 |
| Female - 85 |
|
| Product: Juvenile Justice Authority Facility |
| Union: None |
North Central KS AVTS
| Total Average Employment: 59 |
| Male - 35 |
| Female - 24 |
|
| Product: Education |
| Union: None |
Mitchell County Community Hospital
| Total Average Employment: 189 |
| Male - 15 |
| Female - 174 |
|
| Product: Health Care |
| Union: None |
U.S.D. #273
| Total Average Employment: 169 |
| Male - 46 |
| Female - 123 |
|
| Product: Education |
| Union: None |
City of Beloit
| Total Average Employment: 49 |
| Male - 40 |
| Female - 9 |
|
| Product: Public Service |
| Union: None |
Mitchell County Government
| Total Average Employment: 49 |
| Male - 29 |
| Female - 20 |
|
| Product: Public Service |
| Union: None |
St. John's Catholic School
| Total Average Employment: 29 |
| Male - 7 |
| Female - 22 |
|
| Product: Education |
| Union: None |
Star Seed (National)
| Total Average Employment: 9 |
| Male - 7 |
| Female - 2 |
|
| Product: Farm seeds |
| Union: None |
Carrico Implement (Regional)
| Total Average Employment: 40 |
| Male - 36 |
| Female - 4 |
|
| Product: Farm Equipment |
| Union: None |
S & S Drug
| Total Average Employment: 24 |
| Male - 8 |
| Female - 16 |
|
| Product: Drugs, gifts |
| Union: None |
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