Dwight Mogler, a pork producer from rural Alvord, was the recipient of the June Good Neighbor Award sponsored by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and the Iowa Ag Radio Network. Dwight manages the pork production unit of a diversified grain and livestock operation that he runs with his father and three brothers.

Neighbors Galen and Shirley Van Beek, also pork producers, nominated Dwight for the award. In the nominating letter, the Van Beeks cited that Dwight worked with his father and three brothers and has also been very involved in a number of trade and community organizations.

Dwight is an active member of the Lyon County Pork Producers and is an IPPA Pork All-American. He holds a degree in agribusiness from Iowa State University.

A fourth generation farmer, Dwight and his wife Donna have five children -- Janae, Drew, Kendra, Quinn and Evan.

	Here's what Gary Wergin of the Iowa Ag Radio Network had to say about the Moglers during the July 13 Focus on Agriculture segment on WHO Radio.
	This is FOCUS ON AGRICULTU E... I'm Gary Wergin of the Iowa Ag Radio Network. I can't think of a better example for our Good Farm Neighbor Award than the Mogler Family of Alvord in Lyon County in extreme northwest Iowa. It's an example of a family putting seven children through college, by having them operate a hog buildingthey are an example of a bright young Iowa farm boywho had what it took to make it in the corporate worldcoming back to the farm because of the opportunity to expand the hog operation. Besides creating positions for family members, the Moglers also have hired help, and their young pigs are grown out in a nursery operated under contract by a neighbor. One look at the neatly landscaped homes and you know that the livestock operation is well run. The cattle feedlots drain into a series of concrete enclosures that settle out the solids. They take special care to see that their hog manure is incorporated into the ground at precisely the rate that optimize yields, while avoiding over-application and pollution. The Moglers transport their manure to the fields in semitankers, avoiding long hoses that require monitoring. The next crop of young Moglers will have the opportunity to move into a viable farming operation, but more importantly, they will inherit the values that have guided their parents and grandparents. For FOCUS ON AGRICULTURE, I'm Gary Wergin.