Join us for a photo tour of pork production in Iowa and see the families who go great lengths to provide quality, wholesome pork products for consumers across the U.S.

The people raising the pigs

 All shapes and sizes

From generation to generation

Site managers

Professionals

Skilled and educated

Continuing education

Improving operations

Our future farmers -- training our youth

 Preparing tomorrow's leaders

Educational programs

Iowa - #1 in pork production

 Food Capital of the World

Proud to be number one

Grain production - pigs eat corn and soybeans

 Iowa hogs and corn production

Iowa hogs and soybean production

Grain production -- corn and soybeans need hog manure

 Swine nutrients

People, pork and jobs

 The pork industry creates jobs

Pork producers working together

 Specializing in pork production

Types of Iowa hog farms

 All shapes and sizes

Environmentally sound operations

Hoops

 Where are pigs raised?

Hog houses -- pigs live inside like humans?

 Hog houses

Hog comfort

Hog pens

Hog nutrition

Hog care and protection

We have to ask...where does the manure go?

 Concrete pits

Appling manure to fields

 Minimizing odor

Maximizing nutrients

Iowa farmers care about the environment

 Iowa farmers are good neighbors

Environmental Stewards

Paperwork, testing and more paperwork!

 Manure management plans

Careful manure management

Certification

Farmers are lifetime learners

 Caring for their animals

Producer education programs

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