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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
2012 Iowa Pork Congress Re-Cap Iowa Purebred Swine Council selects its top seedstock producer for 2011 The Iowa Purebred Swine Council has named its Master Seedstock Award winner for 2011. Robert Behnkendorf of Algona was presented with the award at the 40th annual Iowa Pork Congress Banquet in Des Moines Jan. 25. The Iowa Purebred Swine Council has sponsored the Master Seedstock Award since 1958. Its purpose is to recognize significant contributions to the Iowa and national purebred industries and for evidence of genetic improvements within their selected breeds for the benefit of Iowa, the nation and, in many cases, internationally. Behnkendorf has raised purebred swine for 35 years under a variety of arrangements. He and his brother, Dennis, operated the original Behnkendorf Brothers herd from 1962 until 1967. Dispersal was required due to completion of college and pending military obligations. In 1982, Bob guided his sons into production of the Spots breed. They expanded to include Hampshire and Chester White breeds and operated until 1997. In the interim, they graduated from Iowa State University and moved onto other careers. In 1997, Bob took over and maintained the Spots and Black Poland China breeds with a few Hampshires. Throughout the 1980s and ‘90s, Bob was a Hormel hog buyer and later became the Kossuth County Extension education director. Behnkendorf rents several production facilities outside Algona. He sells purebred breeding stock and crossbreds for show pigs. He markets custom butchering through a local locker plant. His true loves are the purebred pigs and teaching those around him about his breeds. Bob and wife, Pat, are PQA Plus-certified. They have no crop production or other livestock. Bob is current president of the Iowa Purebred Swine Council and has taken an active role in enhancing that organization. Behnkendorf has been an Iowa State Fair exhibitor since 1982 and has won numerous Premier Exhibitor Awards. He had a reserve champion Spot in the 2011 Iowa State Fair. He also is a member of the Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame. March 2012 31
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