Friday, September 16, 2022
Shane Roach and his family have been raising pigs for several years. Their operation, Roach Livestock calls Palo Pinto, Texas home. They family runs a 15-20 sow operation consisting mostly of crossbreds and Durocs with a few southwest Berkshires mixed in.
Friday, September 16, 2022
Colby Oliver grew up showing pigs in junior livestock shows where he met some great people and learned some big lessons. These experiences lead him to want to stay involved in the show pig industry and help others be a part of it as well.
Friday, September 16, 2022
MaKayla and Ethan Dunlap own and operate D&D Show Swine in Spring Mills, Pennsylvania. The operation started with one sow, MaKayla’s retired show gilt and has grown to a 15-sow operation in just a few years. The couple raises Durocs and Crossbreds and would like to expand their customer base to exhibitors focused on jackpot, regional and national shows.
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Jim Buttles started raising pigs as a young 4-H member. Now, Stone Front Pigs consists of 35 breeding aged females and seven boars in Wilson, Wisconsin. Stone Front Pigs is made up of Berkshires, Durocs, Herefords, Tamworths, Chester Whites and Crossbreds. The goal of the operation is simple: market the top end of each litter as show pigs and breeding stock and sell the bottom end as feeder pigs.
Thursday, September 15, 2022
After years of working in a commercial hog barn, a career change allowed Dan Hayden and his wife Stephanie to start Hayden Hogs in Cedar City, Utah. Hayden Hogs is a 6-sow operation focused on raising high-quality Berkshire and Crossbred animals.
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Tyler Street is living out his childhood dream of being a show pig producer with his operation Street Show Pigs. Based in Roff, Oklahoma, Street Show Pigs is a four-sow operation with Spots, Durocs and Chesters.
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Ryan and Stephanie Weldy credit their daughter’s desire to show gilts as their start in raising show pigs as WW Show Stock. Although her ambition to expand her showing career kicked it off, Ryan says his loves of raising pigs and the swine industry has been in his blood since his own days of exhibiting.
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Jason and Jarred Knight grew up showing livestock with a specific passion for swine. Now, 20 years later, they have turned that passion into 4J Genetics. Based in Alvin, Texas, the brothers run 40 sows and 10 boars.
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Jeff and Vickie Carnahan own and operate Carnahan Farms in Alpena, Arkansas. Carnahan Farms started as a project for their kids and the couple fell in love with showing swine. After spending time traveling the country to network with fellow breeders and bring the best genetics back to the farm, they are in their second year of farrowing.
Monday, September 12, 2022
Flying P Showpigs consists of seven Crossbred sows in Rangley, Colorado owned and operated by Nick Preciado and his family. The operation started in 2016 when the oldest in the family showed his first pig. Since then, the family has been breeding pigs with the help and guidance of their mentor Daniel Davis.
Monday, September 12, 2022
46 Ten Show Pigs is owned and operated by Mark Kidd and Dusty Fowler in Peaster, Texas. 46Ten consists of 10-20 Spots and Crossbred sows focused on producing high-caliber barrows targeted for exhibiting at Texas majors.
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Hello everyone! My name is Temma Monroe, and I had the fantastic opportunity to be one of the 2022 Showpig.com Summer Interns.
A little about me, I am from Elizabeth, Colorado, and I am going into my senior year at Iowa State University, where I am pursuing my bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Communications with a minor in Event Management. I grew up showing pigs and judging livestock at the county, state and national levels.
Monday, August 15, 2022
What I really mean is be willing to be the most unexperienced, uneducated person in any room you are in because that is when personal growth happens. Let me explain.
Starting my first internship, I can assure you I was most definitely the dumbest person in the room 99 percent of the time. Starting something new can be scary, and many days I would walk into a room with big thinkers, communicators, businessmen and women, activists, professors, doctors; people with years of experience and ideas.
Monday, August 1, 2022
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Abby Davis, Mountain View, Oklahoma, is joining the Wendt Group as the Marketing Brand Manager. In her role, Davis will work to elevate brand awareness for all TWG entities and cultivate a loyal community of buyers for all divisions.