September 04, 2023

Swine Industry Age Gaps with Taylor Rock, Production Supervisor at Heimerl Farms

17 minutes

Welcome back to another episode of In Swine Versation. Taylor Rock, Production Supervisor at Heimerl Farms joins us with a discussion focused on Age Gap from Older and Younger where to many are retiring before properly teaching the Youth on the Swine Farm. We also discuss Taylor's journey and workplace culture. Achieving 93% farrowing rates over the last 3 years. In his young career he has seen it all from Fires, hailstones, herd closures, herd breaks, Batch farm conversation, prs roll over. Taylor you addresses a hot topic regarding the "Family Farm"and Working Environment and wraps on answering; What is something we can do to sustain to make the Pork Industry greater by at least 10% over the next 10 years?

About our guest

I was born and raised in Colorado. I grew up on a registered black angus cattle ranch and was involved in showing animals through 4-H. After

graduating high school I went onto Kansas State University. I received my Bachelor of Science in Animal Science and Industry with a Production

Management option. During my studies I partook in a single internship that led to my career in the swine industry. I was able to gain valuable experience working in a variety of farms including my time managing a 4,600 head sow unit. After that, I moved to Ohio to take on a new role with Heimerl Farms overseeing the production of their sow farms.

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