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After years of growth, pork producer earns national honor

Phyllis Coulter
Oct 4, 2018
Oct 4, 2018 Updated Oct 12, 2018

041911 Bane Pork 2 lacn Pig Farmer of the Year Pat Bane — Pat Bane, who owns Bane Family Pork Farm in Arrowsmith, Ill., was named 2018 America’s Pig Farmer of the Year.
Lee Enterprises photo by Lori Ann Cook-Neisler

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ARROWSMITH, Ill. — Central Illinois farmer Pat Bane worked determinedly to put a new feeding system in his pig barn at the end of September.

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Pat Bane with piglet — Sharing information about modern pig farming is nothing new to Arrowsmith farmer, Pat Bane who has been doing it for years. Here he is holding a piglet on a tour of his farm.
Photo Courtesy of McLean County Farm Bureau

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In the ultimate of being a good sport, Pat Bane, posed for a full- life size poster and quote board featured at McLean County Fair in 2012 to teach urban people about rural life and to celebrate it with other farmers.
Photo Courtesy of McLean County Farm Bureau

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Pat Bane Family Science Day — Pat Bane wears a T-shirt that reflects his approach to farming at the pig ultrasound display at Family Science Day at Illinois State University.
Photo Courtesy of McLean County Farm Bureau

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McLean County pig farmer, Pat Bane, in the bright blue shirt, at the Ag Education exhibit trailer at Family Science Day at Illinois State University in 2013.
Photo Courtesy of McLean County Farm Bureau

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