Today, June 23, we had a wonderful
hour and a half drive to Moline, Illinois, starting early at 6 AM to go see the
John Deere Harvester Works. I was blown away with how fast the employees at
John Deere were able to put together the massive harvesters. The technology in
the factory was also the top of the line, which was very impressive to watch
and learn how they operate. After we went to the John Deere factory we drove
another two hours to Kalona, Iowa to visit Brenneman Pork.
 |
| John Deere Harvester Works, East Moline, Illinois. |
While at Brenneman Pork we were
given a nice presentation by Erin Brenneman, Adam Hocker and Rob Brenneman. It
is incredible how far Rob Brenneman has made it. I was excited when we were
told how Mr. Brenneman’s high school teacher told him he would not make it in
the swine business unless he inherited the farm. He told us that he kept
farming anyway because it was his passion, and I knew he was determined and
wasn’t going to give up. He bought land and opened his first farm in 1981. Now
in 2017 The Brenneman’s have over 35,000 sows (female pigs) and produce about a
million pigs a year. For each pig being sold, it takes 165 days from birth to
market. We had a very informative presentation which we all greatly appreciated
and learned the other side of pigs, market vs. show pigs.
 |
| Brenneman Pork, with TJ and Erin Brenneman on the far left and Rob Brenneman on the far right. |
No comments:
Post a Comment