Hog and cattle producers see tech advance

Jeff DeYoung
Feb 24, 2024
Feb 24, 2024

Chuck Miller has been involved with the cattle industry most of his life. He farms in Cole County, Missouri, and currently serves as president of the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association.
Photos courtesy Missouri Cattlemen’s Association and Iowa Pork Producers Association

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Longtime livestock producers have seen technology shift along with profitability. Here, they reflect on the business and their hopes for the future.

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Leon and Barb Sheets started raising hogs in 1980 and added row crop production seven years later.
Photos courtesy Missouri Cattlemen’s Association and Iowa Pork Producers Association

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After decades in pork production, Curtis Meier is starting to hand things over to other family members. He farms near Clarinda in southwest Iowa.
Photos courtesy Missouri Cattlemen’s Association and Iowa Pork Producers Association

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