Town: Clay City, IN
What is the best time and method to reach you with questions about your candidacy?
Anytime
Background and Personal Info:
I have raised purebred hogs for my entire life,Grain farm 400 ac. After high school graduation attend 4 years of schooling becoming commercial, industrial electrician working full time off the farm while farming. Of the 38 years of that was supervisor 30 years overs seeing million dollar projects and 40 men. Married for 38 years , one daughter that graduated from Purdue.
How many Berkshire litters did you record last year? 6
How many years have you been raising Berkshires? 5
In what ways are you actively involved in the Berkshire breed (local, state, national level)?
Show state and national shows
Give a brief narrative of what motivates you to be an ABA Board member and your goals for the board.
Increase membership through meat programs and showpig industry
As a member-driven organization, how do you envision increasing member opportunities, in addition to increasing member involvement in current ABA programs?
ABA needs to work towards there meat program, with getting breeders that are in Berkshire meat programs getting them to record.
If someone new asked you why they should raise Berkshires, how would you respond? It’s an exciting breed with unlimited possibilities both through meat programs and youth involvement in the showpig industry.
What do you think is the biggest challenge the Berkshire breed faces and how do we navigate that challenge?
The meat program will take alot of work and coordination with
retail and packing plants.
What previous leadership experience do you have (church board, school board, pork producers, etc), and how will those experiences make you a good board member?
President of National Duroc Board. Served as rep on the national NSR executive board for 6 years during the merger of forming the NSR.
Why should ABA members vote for you? I feel that I could contribute my experience, farming wise, raising purebred with the integrity of what registered breeding stock values mean.