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USDA Announces Five Pork Board Appointments
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has appointed five pork producers to the 15-member National Pork Board. The five were selected from ...
Wayne Singleton
To be called a “pioneer” in any field or discipline requires high marks from many who are willing to make such a designation. The term seems suitable...
Randy Stoecker
Few people in the pork industry today can walk you through nearly four decades of production evolution. Randy Stoecker can...
The Masters
The Masters of the Pork Industry are a special, hand-picked group of pork industry visionaries. Their personal stories and business philosophies provide...
Stick-to-itiveness Will Prevail
Those are the famed words of Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher of the late 19th century. They are often recited to someone who is enduring a particular...
Veterinary Practice A Strong Influence
In 1976, straight out of veterinary school, Joe Connor, DVM, joined and four years later purchased the mixed veterinary practice at Carthage, IL. In 1990,...
Growing Number of FFA'ers Want to Farm
An increasing number of Iowa Future Farmers of America (FFA) members actually want to farm, raise livestock and live and work in Iowa after completing...
Gary Machan
While attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Gary Machan spent a lot of time in judging workouts for the judging team at the Oscar Mayer plant...
James McKean, DVM
In 34 years as Extension swine veterinarian at Iowa State University (ISU), James McKean's job title has remained the same...
Larry Rueff, DVM
Growing up on a small pig farm near Franklin, IN, just south of Indianapolis, Larry Rueff, DVM, fell in love with pigs as a 4-H'er managing 10-12 sows of his own...
