Hannah, Caden, and Logan Hannah Walkes helps provide system shareholders with a very economical source of animal health products and the knowledge of how to use these products efficiently and effectively. Hannah loves her job, but she wasn’t always excited about pursuing a career in the swine field. “I grew up on a corn and…
Day: November 19, 2012
Vet to Advocate for Swine Industry
Dr. Barry R. Kerkaert This past fall, Dr. Barry R. Kerkaert had the opportunity to work with the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) in their Swine Veterinarian Public Policy Advocacy Program. A well-respected swine veterinarian and production consultant throughout the upper Midwest, Dr. Kerkaert was invited by NPPC to Washington, D.C. to study public policy…
A Minute on My Soapbox
Hal Schmidt By Hal Schmidt, Great Plains Family Farms, Inc. In pork production, like the rest of life, we can control certain things and there are certain things we can’t control. As we wrap up the year and look toward the start of another, let’s resolve to spend more time on the things we can…
Shareholder Spotlight: System Ownership Means Fewer Worries
Steve Vander Maten always had an interest in agriculture. When a door opened for him to start farming in 1985, he walked through it. Steve had just finished a course of studies in production agriculture at Jackson Vo-Tech when he had the opportunity to rent some land close to his parents’ farm, five miles east of…