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High Plains Pork Production Supervisor
Jan. 2021Winslow, Illinois, United StatesIn this position, I oversee the daily operations of three sow farms (6500 breeding females) and the personnel responsibilities of our 30 team members. I am responsible for forecasting the wean pig production and inventory and making sure they get to each farm shareholder and customer on a weekly basis. Weekly scheduling for the logistics of pig movement is also a big responsibility of my job. My greatest responsibility is staffing the farms and taking care of our employees who make our business possible every day.
High Plains Pork IncField Advisor
Nov. 2013 - Dec. 2020I am an employee of my family’s farm and a member of our management team of daily operations for our sow farms and the grow-finish farms.
Murphy-Brown LLCResearch Technician
Aug. 2013 - Nov. 2013Ames, IASpent my time at Murphy-Brown as a research technician working on multiple swine projects. This included collecting and compiling the data for further statistical analysis. Logistics of my day included the following: weighing pigs, assisting the scanning of pigs for backfat/loin eye area, back-up caretaker at research farm and entering data into Excel spreadsheets.
Iowa State College of Veterinary MedicineResearch Intern
May. 2013 - Aug. 2013Ames, IAIntern for the Swine Veterinary Internship Program (SVIP) with the ISU College of Veterinary Medicine and Boehringer Ingelheim. I assisted two veterinary students on their summer projects collecting blood samples, interviewing/assessing swine producers on their biosecurity risks and developing Excel spreadsheets for a disease outbreak investigation protocol.
Iowa State University: Department of Animal ScienceResearch Intern
May. 2012 - Aug. 2012Ames, IAAnimal behavior and well-being research intern working on a swine transportation study. Assessed the unloading of pigs at a packing plant and documented their stress signs, collected bedding samples from the livestock trailers and was responsible for the devices that recorded daily temperature/humidity.
Iowa State UniversityResearch Assistant
Aug. 2011 - May. 2013Ames, IAResearch assistant for three veterinarians at the Iowa State College of Veterinary Medicine. Pathology:
Spent 1.5 years assisting a pathologist with the research of Respiratory Syncytial Virus using lambs as models. During lamb trials, I assisted with daily tasks such as taking rectal temps, heart and respiratory rates, giving shots, infecting lambs and necropsy/collection of lung tissue. Lab work experience included running quantitative polymerase chain reactions (qPCR) plates for RSV from lung tissue. Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine (VDPAM):
Worked 1 year for two veterinarians with swine and beef specializations. Jobs included working extensively in Excel, literature reviews, collecting blood/rectal temps/heart and respiratory rates of calves, scoring videos on animal welfare projects, and assisted various veterinary students on individual research projects.
Rosy Lane Holsteins LLCSummer Intern
May. 2010 - Aug. 2010Watertown, WISummer intern on a 900 cow dairy farm. Daily activities included milking cows, assisting cows with calvings, treating sick cows, monitoring the fresh cows/heifers, giving shots and sorting cows. Occasionally I fed calves and shadowed herd checks with the veterinarian.
Hunter Haven FarmsSummer Intern
Jun. 2009 - Aug. 2009Pearl City, ILSummer intern on a 800 cow dairy farm. Daily responsibilities included monitoring the fresh cows/heifers, treating sick cows, sorting cows, giving shots, and assisting the veterinarian on weekly herd checks and surgeries.
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