< PreviousDustin BakerDeputy Director, Economics and Domestic Production Issues, National Pork Producers CouncilWhat is your background?I received a Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness Management from Michigan State University and a Master of Science in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University. Upon graduation from Cornell, I moved to Washington D.C. where I spent a year with the National Milk Producers Federation as an economic analyst. About two and a half years ago I moved over to the National Pork Producers Council where I still handle economic analysis but I also lobby and advocate on issues around buying and selling hogs for America’s pork producers. What are your current job responsibilities?In my current role, I’m tasked with keeping others on staff up to date on trends in production and prices that our producers are facing so when they go up to Capitol Hill, or talk with the administration, they can speak intelligently about the state of the industry. I also handle the issues around buying and selling hogs, labor, Farm Bill, taxes and basically anything else that doesn’t involve animal health or the environment. What is the most rewarding part of your job?The most rewarding part of my job is interacting with our producers. We represent the 60,000 pork producers across the country and being able to interact with them and understand how action and in-action on Capitol Hill impacts them and their bottom line is really impactful. I really enjoy representing them and their interest when I speak with lawmakers and their staff. What is the most challenging aspect of your job?The most challenging aspect of my job is the fact that Washington D.C. doesn’t act at the speed of commerce, and it often doesn’t act as quickly as we would like it to. There are some stalemates that we run into and that makes it frustrating when we are trying to look out for America’s pork producers. What is something your position has taught you?My position has taught me that everything pork producers do is for a reason and it really boils down to three main things. They are always looking out for animal care and well-being, they are looking to pass their farm and business onto the next generation and they are looking to continue to be an engine of growth in the rural economy. There is a reason for the way we farm the way we do and I think telling that story is helpful. What impact does your position have on other roles in your organization and the industry as a whole?I like to think my role in my position at NPPC is pretty impactful. I enjoy helping others understand the trends that are occurring in our industry so they can really advocate more effectively for our producers. I really hope that I help educate those up on the hill and staff members about why these bills and proposals and regulations are important for their constituents. SUBSCRIBESU B S C R I B E SU B S C R I B E S U B S C R I B E SU B S C R I B EDON’T MISS ONE ISSUE!Seedstock EDGE is the premier publication of the purebred swine industry.$25 One Year (U.S.) $60 One Year First Class (U.S.) New subscription RenewalPlease allow 8-10 weeks for the fi rst issue.Subscribe or renew online at NATIONALSWINE.COM!EXP. DATE3-DIGIT SECURITY CODE (back of card)PAYMENT INFORMATIONAll fi elds in red are required to process credit cardsNAME ON CARDÌÌÌReturn with payment to:NATIONAL SWINE REGISTRY2639 Yeager RoadWest Lafayette, IN 47906CARD #Check oneTOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED$SUBSCRIBER NAME/FARMADDRESSCITYSTATEZIPPHONE #EMAIL$60 Three Years (U.S.) $150 One Year (Foreign & Canada) CHECK CREDIT CARD31JULY 2018 | SEEDSTOCK EDGEBy Katie MillerSECURITYSWINE “Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised,” motivational speaker Denis Waitley says. The swine industry must have listened, because USDA and the National Pork Board have funded the development and supported implementation of a new Secure Pork Supply Plan that will ensure the best case for the worst-case scenario of a foreign animal disease (FAD) outbreak on American soil. Unlike Waitley, the industry is taking steps to eliminate any surprises. FAD outbreaks, such as Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), are one of the biggest threats to the pork industry. Thankfully, the United States has not experienced a FMD outbreak in nearly a century. But, in today’s world fi lled with planes, trains and automobiles, the risk for exposure to a FAD is arguably even greater. Especially, when you consider, you can be in a country with serious animal diseases one day and home the next. Dr. Patrick Webb, DVM, director of swine health programs for the Pork Checkoff, emphasizes the crippling effect a FAD outbreak would have on the U.S. swine industry. According to Webb, if FMD broke in America, pork exports would come to a screeching halt. Research conducted by the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (CARD FAPRI) estimates revenue losses to the pork and beef industries resulting from the introduction of FMD in the U.S. would average $12.9 billion per year.In such a case, state animal health offi cials will set up disease control areas, at least 10 kilometers in diameter, around infected farms to control the spread of the FAD. Even non-infected farms in this control area with susceptible animals, such as cattle, sheep, goats and swine, will be quarantined and subjected to animal movement restrictions. For pork producers, this leads to a major disruption in commerce. Moving animals to market and different phases of production and reproduction would not be permitted and would come to a complete stop. The idea of a control area, according to Webb, is for offi cials to be able to garner a good understanding of what is going on. They want to determine where farms are, what animals are on those sites, and what other industry assets, such as fairs, sale barns, packing plants and dairy processing plants, are in the area. Simply put, if there is an outbreak, animal health offi cials need to know as soon as possible what animals have moved in and out of the area, so they can know where the disease originated and where animals who were potentially exposed could be heading. This is where the Secure Pork Supply Plan comes into play. During a FAD outbreak, animal health offi cials will determine what animals will be permitted to move within control areas. Webb says, permission to move livestock will be directly tied to the implementation of enhanced biosecurity measures and disease surveillance on farms within that area. The Secure Pork Supply Plan is a voluntary program related to preharvest traceability (premises registration, animal identifi cation, movements and record keeping) disease surveillance, enhanced biosecurity that, if in place, would provide offi cials the needed information to issue movement permits. “If producers have it in place prior to an outbreak and end up being included in a control area and their animals are disease free, they can make the case for getting movements going again,” Webb says. “It’s not a guarantee that they can move right away, but it puts them at the top of the list to move when movements are allowed.”Simply put, the Secure Pork Supply Plan is designed to help producers affected by the stop movement orders, but unaffected by the disease, to move their pigs for production purposes and to harvest. Visiting securepork.org is the fi rst step to creating your own Secure Pork Supply Plan. The website explains all four prongs of the plan, including biosecurity, movement “There are a lot of things that can be learned and applied to the daily operation to help overall general preparedness for the industry for foreign animal disease outbreaks." – Dr. Patrick WebbJULY 2018 | SEEDSTOCK EDGE32By Katie MillerSECURITYSWINE “Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised,” motivational speaker Denis Waitley says. The swine industry must have listened, because USDA and the National Pork Board have funded the development and supported implementation of a new Secure Pork Supply Plan that will ensure the best case for the worst-case scenario of a foreign animal disease (FAD) outbreak on American soil. Unlike Waitley, the industry is taking steps to eliminate any surprises. FAD outbreaks, such as Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), are one of the biggest threats to the pork industry. Thankfully, the United States has not experienced a FMD outbreak in nearly a century. But, in today’s world fi lled with planes, trains and automobiles, the risk for exposure to a FAD is arguably even greater. Especially, when you consider, you can be in a country with serious animal diseases one day and home the next. Dr. Patrick Webb, DVM, director of swine health programs for the Pork Checkoff, emphasizes the crippling effect a FAD outbreak would have on the U.S. swine industry. According to Webb, if FMD broke in America, pork exports would come to a screeching halt. Research conducted by the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (CARD FAPRI) estimates revenue losses to the pork and beef industries resulting from the introduction of FMD in the U.S. would average $12.9 billion per year.In such a case, state animal health offi cials will set up disease control areas, at least 10 kilometers in diameter, around infected farms to control the spread of the FAD. Even non-infected farms in this control area with susceptible animals, such as cattle, sheep, goats and swine, will be quarantined and subjected to animal movement restrictions. For pork producers, this leads to a major disruption in commerce. Moving animals to market and different phases of production and reproduction would not be permitted and would come to a complete stop. The idea of a control area, according to Webb, is for offi cials to be able to garner a good understanding of what is going on. They want to determine where farms are, what animals are on those sites, and what other industry assets, such as fairs, sale barns, packing plants and dairy processing plants, are in the area. Simply put, if there is an outbreak, animal health offi cials need to know as soon as possible what animals have moved in and out of the area, so they can know where the disease originated and where animals who were potentially exposed could be heading. This is where the Secure Pork Supply Plan comes into play. During a FAD outbreak, animal health offi cials will determine what animals will be permitted to move within control areas. Webb says, permission to move livestock will be directly tied to the implementation of enhanced biosecurity measures and disease surveillance on farms within that area. The Secure Pork Supply Plan is a voluntary program related to preharvest traceability (premises registration, animal identifi cation, movements and record keeping) disease surveillance, enhanced biosecurity that, if in place, would provide offi cials the needed information to issue movement permits. “If producers have it in place prior to an outbreak and end up being included in a control area and their animals are disease free, they can make the case for getting movements going again,” Webb says. “It’s not a guarantee that they can move right away, but it puts them at the top of the list to move when movements are allowed.”Simply put, the Secure Pork Supply Plan is designed to help producers affected by the stop movement orders, but unaffected by the disease, to move their pigs for production purposes and to harvest. Visiting securepork.org is the fi rst step to creating your own Secure Pork Supply Plan. The website explains all four prongs of the plan, including biosecurity, movement “There are a lot of things that can be learned and applied to the daily operation to help overall general preparedness for the industry for foreign animal disease outbreaks." – Dr. Patrick Webb33JULY 2018 | SEEDSTOCK EDGEguidance, business continuity and disease surveillance. Webb stresses that there is a lot of valuable information on the website, even for those folks who don’t plan to formally participate in the program. “There are a lot of things that can be learned and applied to the daily operation to help overall general preparedness for the industry for foreign animal disease outbreaks,” he says. One of the keys to preparedness for such an outbreak is biosecurity records. Webb encourages producers to develop a site-specifi c security plan and document that they and their employees have completed the biosecurity security training required in the Secure Pork Supply Plan. The plan also requires up-to-date and easily shareable movement records, visitor logs, vehicle and equipment logs, records for disease observations and documentation of herd health monitoring training.Most showpig producers and exhibitors have already made a key step in creating a Secure Pork Supply Plan to meet show and sale requirements – acquiring a premises ID.“Premises registration is the starting point,” Webb says. “All premises that house swine, even if they don't have pigs on site for part of the year, should have a premises ID number. That premises ID number should be associated with the location of where the animals are housed.” Many of the show and sale requirements such as Premises ID number and 840 tags are tools necessary for valid preharvest animal traceability. The key, according to Webb, is to use these tools to capture current and easily sharable records for animal health offi cials. Such records would need to electronically capture premises location numbers, offi cial animal identifi cation and movement records for producers to store electronically. These basic records will include: the sending and receiving premises identifi cation numbers, date of movement, number of head in the shipment and unique animal identifi cation numbers for each animal in the shipment. The National Pork Board is currently funding the development of a database and dashboard system that would allow producers to share the needed information with state animal health offi cials in an easy-to-understand format that would support more rapid, risk-based decision-making on animal movement permits.While the Secure Pork Supply Plan is not a regulatory program, the state animal health offi cials or the incident command would have oversight to determine if a producer was compliant with the program standards after reviewing their records, according to Webb.This means that producer preparation before a potential outbreak will be key to continue animal transportation and commerce as soon as possible following a FAD. Sadly, shows and exhibitions will likely be cancelled during a FAD outbreak, especially if they’re located in and around a control area.“Fairs and exhibitions represent commingling events, and a state vet would be hard-pressed to allow that type of activity to occur until the scope of the outbreak is known,” Webb explains. Whether you have one pig, hundreds or thousands, being prepared for a potential disease outbreak and keeping proper records on your operation is integral to not only your success, but our entire industry’s. The better records you have, the sooner you can potentially continue animal movement and commerce during an outbreak. The quicker the swine industry can be set into motion again after a FAD, the less the economic hit will be felt by pork producers throughout the country. LEARN MORE!Visit securepork.org to learn more about the Secure Pork Supply (SPS) Plan and how you can voluntarily participate!If foot and mouth disease (FMD), classical swine fever (CSF), or African swine fever (ASF) is found in United States livestock, Regulatory Offi cials will limit the movement of animals and animal products to try and control the spread of these very contagious animal diseases. FMD, CSF, and ASF are not public health or food safety concerns. Meat will still be safe to eat.The SPS Plan for Continuity of Business provides ways to prepare and request a movement permit. Use the resources on this site to start preparing.JULY 2018 | SEEDSTOCK EDGE34JR, Denise, Trey and Cade Fecke12250 W 2000N Rd. • Bonfield, IL 60913 Office: (815) 426-2051 JR: (815) 693-4962 Trey: (815) 693-4964 Denise: (815) 405-0241feckelivestock.comGrand Champion GiltChampion Yorkshire GiltShown by Macy JacobsonChampion Hampshire Gilt5th Overall GiltShown by Maddie FugateRes. Champion Hampshire GiltShown by Makayla Spray4th Overall Hampshire BarrowShown by Maddie Fugate3rd Overall Yorkshire BarrowShown by Heile Pearson3rd Overall Hampshire BarrowShown by Hadley Hendrickson Grand Champion Yorkshire GiltChampion Hampshire GiltMaking the Next Generation of FemalesJuly 2018 Fecke Livestock Ad.indd 16/18/18 9:07 PM35JULY 2018 | SEEDSTOCK EDGEJULY 2018 | SEEDSTOCK EDGE36SEEDSTOCK EDGE SHOW RESULTSWorld Pork ExpoJune 3-9, 201837JULY 2018 | SEEDSTOCK EDGEChampion Duroc Boar & Class 5 WinnerCDO7 PIONEER 6-6 x NWEI3 ICONIC 13-5 Shown by Hirschfeld & Sons, Neb.Sold to Shaffer’s Goldrush, Ind., for $36,000.Reserve Champion Duroc Boar & 2nd Class 5 WinnerRYNK6 FOCUS 1-4 x NWEI3 IMPECCABLE 90-9Shown by Shipley Swine Genetics, Ohio Sold to Jim & Mike McCoy, Ohio, for $1,700.DurocPremier Sire – RWWF6 ATTENTION 37-1Owned by Upperhand Genetics, Ind.Sam Scher (l) accepts the Premier Sire Award from NSR Field Representative, Michael Lackey (r).Res. Premier Sire – KTB7 SECOND TO NONE 9-3Owned by Premium Blend Genetics, Ind. Jacob Laird (l) accepts the Reserve Premier Sire Award from NSR Field Representative, Michael Lackey (r).Champion Duroc Gilt & Class 3 WinnerROCA4 6 SPEED 11-3 x HRFD5 CYCLONE 18-5Shown by Real Hog Farm, Texas.Sold to Norman Brothers, Ill., for $2,500.Reserve Champion Duroc Gilt & Class 5 WinnerLSNB6 FEEL THE BURN x MJFF5 KINGDOM COMESShown by Payton Hueber, Ill. Sold to Alton Weathers, Okla., for $2,500.SALE TOTAL: $169,700 | 25 BOARS AVG. $4,224 | 43 GILTS AVG. $1,491Des Moines, Iowa • June 3-9JUDGE: Greg Norman, Ill. • AUCTIONEER: Kevin Wendt, Ohio2018World Pork ExpoMick Bellamy | mick@nationalswine.comNSR Field RepresentativeFrom the FieldThe 2018 World Pork Expo was one for the record books. It shattered previous Expo’s for total numbers of hogs entered and shown. There are 2,500 pens in the Swine and Sheep barns at the Iowa State Fairgrounds and they were busting at the seams to fi t everyone in. Thanks so much to all the NSR and NJSA members that made the week such a success. High quality live-stock and people make for a very enjoyable week. This year’s edition of the Durocs was very capa-bly judged by Greg and Grant Norman, Illinois. Their second year in succession to judge, they did a tre-mendous job evaluating the hogs and their passion is very evident when they take the mic. Their footprints are all over the breed and we thank them for their continued dedication and love for the industry!Let’s talk about the Duroc portion of the event. We began Saturday’s sale with the presentation of the Premier and Reserve Premier Sire Awards. The Premier Sire of the WPX was RWWF6 Attention 37-1. Owned by Upperhand Genetics, Indiana, he was the $190,000 record-selling boar from the 2016 STC and continues to get the job done. KTB7 Second 2 None 9-3 was the Reserve Premier Sire and makes his home in Indiana at Premium Blend Genetics. Congratula-tions to these two fi rms for securing these awards.We led off the boar sale with the Champion of this year’s show. Exhibited by Hirschfi eld and Sons, Nebraska, this was our winner of class 5 on show day. Sired by CDO7 Pioneer 6-6, this one is special. Big all over, he combined extreme width of skeleton with extra muscle mass and an unbelievably loose structure to go with all his power. Add a big rib and center body and you have one that can make a change. He topped the sale at $36,000 and is headed to Shaffer’s Goldrush, Indiana. Give them a call on this one! Shipley Swine Genetics, Ohio, was up next with their reserve champion. Standing second in class to the cham-pion, this son of RYNK6 Focus 1-4 was a big hipped hog with tremendous balance and rib shape. Stout, yet still having a great big blade and rib working in him, this one’s headed back to Ohio with Real McCoy Genetics. At $1,700, this one could prove to be the boar buy of the summer.Next up was the winner of class 4. Exhibited by JJ Genetics, Indiana, he was sired by this year’s Premier Sire. This was one of the unique ones of this year’s show. Crazy stout featured with huge feet and four big legs that all went in the same direction. Combine this with a moderate frame and a big, square top and this one can defi nitely make change. He’s also headed back to Indiana with Premium Blend Genetics at the sales second top fi gure of $17,000. Give the Laird’s a call.Eggers and Sampson Showpigs, Iowa, came in next with their class 3 winner. A son of BEYE7 Taking Lessons 6-6, this guy was freakishly stout. Way stout featured with another big rib cage and an extra wide pin set made this one popular on sale day. He’s headed to Texas with Foote Farms at $4,000. This one needs a try.Now came Norman’s Judges Consignment. Sired by BG7 Just One More 27-7, this one was very popular. As attractive and correct as any hog in the barn, this boar never took a bad step the whole week. He had a head and neck that came out of his blade as good as you can make one. Put this with great shape, balance, and a square skeleton and you’ve got a good one. He’s headed to Indiana with Crossroads Genetics at the sale’s third top price of $12,000. Give these guys a ring on this one.Jordan Schippert’s son of IZF6 Cheap Money 2-5 was the winner of class 2. Another one with great look and design, this one still had a bunch of product working on a big, correct skeleton. One of the re-ally good things about this boar was his 3 littermate sisters that went 1-2-4 in a very strong Jr. Show gilt class. This boar is headed back to Illinois with the Hi Point crew. He’s another one that needs sampled.Mitchell Wilson’s class 1 winner was a re-ally stout featured hog with great structure and shape. He’s sired by MITJ7 Contreras 1-8.There were several excellent boars that were later in the sale line-up. I would encourage you to read the sale results on our website and see if there’s one close to you that can be utilized.We led off the gilt with the third overall and Re-serve Champion Duroc in the NJSA show. Exhibited by Kuhlow Girls Showpigs, Wisconsin, this daughter of TRES6 First Class 12-2 was one that had extra fea-ture and bone, but still had an extremely good un-derline with great femininity. She’s headed to Kansas with G and B Showpigs at $2,500. Thanks, guys!The Champion Duroc Gilt was the winner of class 3, was shown by Grace Real, Texas. This one was as fault free and genuine as could be. Ultra square in her skeleton, and so long and elegant in her front third, she still had a bunch of product and muscle. She went home to Illinois with our judges. Thanks to the Normans for their $2,500 purchase.Payton Hueber’s, Illinois, reserve champion and class 5 winner was sired by LSNB6 Feel The Burn. She had a big skeleton that had a bunch of mass and com-bined it with look and a big, fl exible ribcage. She’s headed to Oklahoma with Alton Weathers at $2,500.Next up was Jenna Siegel, Ohio, with the class 4 winner. A daughter of BRCK5 Grandpa Jack, this was one really opened up, square made hog with a great look and plenty of muscle. She’s also headed to Oklahoma with Newcastle Genetics. Great buy!Erica Harrell, Illinois, was up next. Her daughter of IZF6 Cheap Money 2-5 was a littermate to the Schippert class winning boar that sold earlier. She had his same general build with an enormous chest fl oor and ribcage. She’s head-ed to Minnesota with Country Girl Showpigs at $2,300.Jacob Lauffenberger drove the class 1 win-ner. Sired by MITJ7 Contreras 1-8, this young JULY 2018 | SEEDSTOCK EDGE38Champion Duroc Boar & Class 5 WinnerCDO7 PIONEER 6-6 x NWEI3 ICONIC 13-5 Shown by Hirschfeld & Sons, Neb.Sold to Shaffer’s Goldrush, Ind., for $36,000.Reserve Champion Duroc Boar & 2nd Class 5 WinnerRYNK6 FOCUS 1-4 x NWEI3 IMPECCABLE 90-9Shown by Shipley Swine Genetics, Ohio Sold to Jim & Mike McCoy, Ohio, for $1,700.DurocPremier Sire – RWWF6 ATTENTION 37-1Owned by Upperhand Genetics, Ind.Sam Scher (l) accepts the Premier Sire Award from NSR Field Representative, Michael Lackey (r).Res. Premier Sire – KTB7 SECOND TO NONE 9-3Owned by Premium Blend Genetics, Ind. Jacob Laird (l) accepts the Reserve Premier Sire Award from NSR Field Representative, Michael Lackey (r).Champion Duroc Gilt & Class 3 WinnerROCA4 6 SPEED 11-3 x HRFD5 CYCLONE 18-5Shown by Real Hog Farm, Texas.Sold to Norman Brothers, Ill., for $2,500.Reserve Champion Duroc Gilt & Class 5 WinnerLSNB6 FEEL THE BURN x MJFF5 KINGDOM COMESShown by Payton Hueber, Ill. Sold to Alton Weathers, Okla., for $2,500.SALE TOTAL: $169,700 | 25 BOARS AVG. $4,224 | 43 GILTS AVG. $1,491Des Moines, Iowa • June 3-9JUDGE: Greg Norman, Ill. • AUCTIONEER: Kevin Wendt, Ohio2018World Pork ExpoMick Bellamy | mick@nationalswine.comNSR Field RepresentativeFrom the FieldThe 2018 World Pork Expo was one for the record books. It shattered previous Expo’s for total numbers of hogs entered and shown. There are 2,500 pens in the Swine and Sheep barns at the Iowa State Fairgrounds and they were busting at the seams to fi t everyone in. Thanks so much to all the NSR and NJSA members that made the week such a success. High quality live-stock and people make for a very enjoyable week. This year’s edition of the Durocs was very capa-bly judged by Greg and Grant Norman, Illinois. Their second year in succession to judge, they did a tre-mendous job evaluating the hogs and their passion is very evident when they take the mic. Their footprints are all over the breed and we thank them for their continued dedication and love for the industry!Let’s talk about the Duroc portion of the event. We began Saturday’s sale with the presentation of the Premier and Reserve Premier Sire Awards. The Premier Sire of the WPX was RWWF6 Attention 37-1. Owned by Upperhand Genetics, Indiana, he was the $190,000 record-selling boar from the 2016 STC and continues to get the job done. KTB7 Second 2 None 9-3 was the Reserve Premier Sire and makes his home in Indiana at Premium Blend Genetics. Congratula-tions to these two fi rms for securing these awards.We led off the boar sale with the Champion of this year’s show. Exhibited by Hirschfi eld and Sons, Nebraska, this was our winner of class 5 on show day. Sired by CDO7 Pioneer 6-6, this one is special. Big all over, he combined extreme width of skeleton with extra muscle mass and an unbelievably loose structure to go with all his power. Add a big rib and center body and you have one that can make a change. He topped the sale at $36,000 and is headed to Shaffer’s Goldrush, Indiana. Give them a call on this one! Shipley Swine Genetics, Ohio, was up next with their reserve champion. Standing second in class to the cham-pion, this son of RYNK6 Focus 1-4 was a big hipped hog with tremendous balance and rib shape. Stout, yet still having a great big blade and rib working in him, this one’s headed back to Ohio with Real McCoy Genetics. At $1,700, this one could prove to be the boar buy of the summer.Next up was the winner of class 4. Exhibited by JJ Genetics, Indiana, he was sired by this year’s Premier Sire. This was one of the unique ones of this year’s show. Crazy stout featured with huge feet and four big legs that all went in the same direction. Combine this with a moderate frame and a big, square top and this one can defi nitely make change. He’s also headed back to Indiana with Premium Blend Genetics at the sales second top fi gure of $17,000. Give the Laird’s a call.Eggers and Sampson Showpigs, Iowa, came in next with their class 3 winner. A son of BEYE7 Taking Lessons 6-6, this guy was freakishly stout. Way stout featured with another big rib cage and an extra wide pin set made this one popular on sale day. He’s headed to Texas with Foote Farms at $4,000. This one needs a try.Now came Norman’s Judges Consignment. Sired by BG7 Just One More 27-7, this one was very popular. As attractive and correct as any hog in the barn, this boar never took a bad step the whole week. He had a head and neck that came out of his blade as good as you can make one. Put this with great shape, balance, and a square skeleton and you’ve got a good one. He’s headed to Indiana with Crossroads Genetics at the sale’s third top price of $12,000. Give these guys a ring on this one.Jordan Schippert’s son of IZF6 Cheap Money 2-5 was the winner of class 2. Another one with great look and design, this one still had a bunch of product working on a big, correct skeleton. One of the re-ally good things about this boar was his 3 littermate sisters that went 1-2-4 in a very strong Jr. Show gilt class. This boar is headed back to Illinois with the Hi Point crew. He’s another one that needs sampled.Mitchell Wilson’s class 1 winner was a re-ally stout featured hog with great structure and shape. He’s sired by MITJ7 Contreras 1-8.There were several excellent boars that were later in the sale line-up. I would encourage you to read the sale results on our website and see if there’s one close to you that can be utilized.We led off the gilt with the third overall and Re-serve Champion Duroc in the NJSA show. Exhibited by Kuhlow Girls Showpigs, Wisconsin, this daughter of TRES6 First Class 12-2 was one that had extra fea-ture and bone, but still had an extremely good un-derline with great femininity. She’s headed to Kansas with G and B Showpigs at $2,500. Thanks, guys!The Champion Duroc Gilt was the winner of class 3, was shown by Grace Real, Texas. This one was as fault free and genuine as could be. Ultra square in her skeleton, and so long and elegant in her front third, she still had a bunch of product and muscle. She went home to Illinois with our judges. Thanks to the Normans for their $2,500 purchase.Payton Hueber’s, Illinois, reserve champion and class 5 winner was sired by LSNB6 Feel The Burn. She had a big skeleton that had a bunch of mass and com-bined it with look and a big, fl exible ribcage. She’s headed to Oklahoma with Alton Weathers at $2,500.Next up was Jenna Siegel, Ohio, with the class 4 winner. A daughter of BRCK5 Grandpa Jack, this was one really opened up, square made hog with a great look and plenty of muscle. She’s also headed to Oklahoma with Newcastle Genetics. Great buy!Erica Harrell, Illinois, was up next. Her daughter of IZF6 Cheap Money 2-5 was a littermate to the Schippert class winning boar that sold earlier. She had his same general build with an enormous chest fl oor and ribcage. She’s head-ed to Minnesota with Country Girl Showpigs at $2,300.Jacob Lauffenberger drove the class 1 win-ner. Sired by MITJ7 Contreras 1-8, this young 39JULY 2018 | SEEDSTOCK EDGENext >