Pork Congress 2012 - Iowa Pork Producers Association

2012 Iowa Pork Congress Re-Cap
Tom Nicolaus
Whittemore, Kossuth County
Nicolaus has raised hogs for 30 years, but 24 of those years
were spent in Ohio where he also custom-farmed 400 acres
for 15 owners and worked as an over-the-road trucker. When
his wife suddenly passed away, Tom and his teenage son
came to Iowa and settled in the Whittemore area. He currently custom feeds hogs for
another area producer and Whittemore Feeds. His operation sold 1,200 feeder pigs and
3,000 market hogs to various packers in 2010.
Tom is PQA Plus-certified and the site has been PQA Plus-assessed.
Nicolaus also grows 400 acres of corn and soybeans and applies manure from the hog barns to the fields under an
approved manure management plan. He also does custom manure application.
Tom is active in the Kossuth County Pork Producers and he also assists with the local FFA chapter. His son is an Iowa
State University student.
Allen Whiley
Iowa Falls, Hardin County
Whiley joined Iowa Select Farms in 1993 and became director
of finishing in 2008. He has been involved in pork production
for 30 years. Allen’s responsible for all production decisions,
grower/contractor relations, marketing strategies and capacity
utilization. He and his management team oversee pork production at 528 nursery, weanfinish
and grow/finish sites throughout Iowa. Whiley manages 240 employees and 340
contract producers to raise three million market hogs annually. He also manages the
Iowa Select research farm, where feed and nutritional research is conducted.
Allen and all his employees and contractors are PQA Plus- and TQA-certified and all of the production sites have been
PQA Plus-assessed. Iowa Select’s recent introduction of the SelectCare initiative requires all of the sites to undergo
annual PQA Plus assessments and internal animal well-being audits.
Whiley and his wife, Kim, have two grown children and one grandson. Both are active in church and civic activities and
Allen has previously coached youth sports.
30 March 2012