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The goal of Missouri Agriculture's Lunch and Learn Series is to spread knowledge about Missouri agriculture and the impact livestock and crops have on our rural economies. This series also highlights the important connection between livestock and row crops, as well as the relationship between the growing biofuels industry and the state's animal agriculture industry.
2009 Lunch and Learn Schedule:
May 14: Henderson Ranch - Warsaw
May 21: Case Farm - LaPlata
May 27: Willow Bend Pork - Taylor
June 2: Randy Moony Dairy - Rogersville
June 3: Dennis Feezor Turkey Farm - California
June 18: Salyer Feedlot - Higginsville
June 24: Oberholtzer Farm - Wyaconda
July 23: Thiel Farms - Marshall
Another Lunch and Learn was held May 27th in Taylor, Mo., at Roger Sutter’s Willow Bend Pork Farm. The Lunch and Learn series is promoted by a coalition of Missouri agricultural groups to increase community understanding of the industry. Local community leaders, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer, and several state representatives, including Paul Quinn, Brian Munzlinger and Tom Shively, attended the event.
While the family farm has been around since the 1960s, Sutter only recently began raising pigs, becoming a contract grower for Cargill in 2006.
Sutter explained the role his hog farm plays within the local community to a crowd of approximately 90 people who attended the Lunch and Learn event. He said contract growing reduces the risk of losses and provides more stability for his farm. Although Cargill owns the pigs, Sutter owns the farm and cares for the animals. He also uses local vendors and businesses, pays local property taxes and has four employees, all of which help support the local economy. Sutter finished the presentation by explaining to the audience the value of pig manure and how he uses it to fertilize his crop fields.
Missouri’s pork industry provides close to 32,000 direct and support jobs and has a total economic impact of $1.1 billion, according to the Missouri Pork Association.
1 comments:
I am shocked Rep. Shively attended since he tried to destroy a good family in his district who owns a family farm with a CAFO, and this family owns the hogs themselves. Was he supportive or was he there to destroy another honest family of farmers?
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