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New NSR office building

New site in West Lafayette will meet needs of growing organization

The National Swine Registry is excited to announce it will be moving to a new office building the third weekend of October. Located only two miles away, and still in the northwest corner of West Lafayette, the new building is an 8,000-square-foot modern, spacious and attractive facility that will meet the needs of the growing NSR staff and programs.

“Our current building, in addition to having maintenance problems, is no longer big enough to meet the needs of the expanding NSR staff,” said NSR CEO Darrell Anderson. “Our small break room is also the board room, storage room and copy room, and as of June, the office for our newest employee.”

The current NSR office building was built by the American Shetland Pony Club in 1956. It was then purchased by the American Yorkshire Club, then under the [ … ]

 
Holley Farms Online Pig Sale

LIVE NOW!

Ends Thursday, Sept. 28 – 7 p.m.
With extended bidding

Duroc gilts, barrow and boar out of Red Draw
Hampshire boar out of Greeter

Holley Farms of Bridgeport, Texas, is selling their first litters out of Red Draw at this sale. Farm manager Cody McCleery says they are looking good! The pigs in this sale will be good for Denver, Fort Worth, and January county shows. Call NSR Field Representative Kade Hummel at 765.427.3481 for more information.

Lot 8 – Red Draw boar

Lot 2 – Red Draw gilt

Lot 6 – Red Draw gilt



Holley Farms
Cody McCleery, Manager

Bridgeport, Texas817.613.6666 cell

www.holleyfarmsgenetics.com

For Buyers Choice Auction sales contact
National Swine Registry staff:

Kade Hummel: 765-427-3481 – Michael Lackey: 765.427.3733

Mike Paul: 765-427-2692 – Darrell Anderson 765-427-8551

http://www.buyerschoiceauction.com/
www.nationalswine.com 

The National Swine Registry has partnered with the innovative online auction service — Buyers Choice Auction. This Internet-only sales ring, located at http://www.buyerschoiceauction.com/, features a unique bidding format that provides both [ … ]

 NJSA Eastern Regional Foundation Female

Donated by Franklin Feeser, Taneytown, Md.PRE-BIDDING LIVE NOW!

Ends Thursday, Sept. 28 – 7 p.m.With extended bidding – Final sale will be live on Friday, Oct. 1

Proceeds from the sale of this Foundation female go to NJSA to fund the NJSA Eastern Regional show, held yearly in Harrisburg, PA, the first weekend in October. The NSR and NJSA would like to wholeheartedly thank Franklin Feeser, the breeder of this outstanding female, for his donation to the program. This Foundation Female will be available for online bidding right here on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 29-30, and will sell live on Friday, Oct 1, onsite at the NJSA Eastern Regional. The winning bid on the online auction will be the starting price for the final live sale.

Special thanks to NSR Summer Field representative Intern Josh Flohr, who visited the Feeser farm and evaluated this outstanding gilt.

NSR Field Representative
Ralph [ … ]

The herd boar is Red Draw and he is the sire of most of the red pigs at Cody’s.
The young pig is the 10 litter that’s in the sale. This is a very deep set of pigs, Red Draw looks like he’s getting the job done!

Chris Martin, of Cardwell, left, holds the Purple Heart medal of Homer J. Moore that was found in a pig pen at Southland High School. Pictured with Martin is Moore’s daughter, Sherry Drury, Paragould, Ark., holding her father’s picture. (Photo by Lecia Forester; used with permission of The Daily Dunklin)

 CARDWELL, Mo. — The family of Homer J. Moore of Cardwell had always wondered what happened to the Purple Heart he received for bravery in World War II. According to his family, it’s been missing for over 60 years.

Recently, their days of wondering came to an end when Chris Martin, an 18-year-old senior at Southland High School (Mo.), found the long lost medal underneath the mud, in the FFA pig pens behind the high school. How it got there nobody knows.
 
Read the full article at the Daily Dunklin.

© Copyright 2010 Daily Dunklin Democrat. Used with permission.

Michael Freund, Wis., topped the list in the 2010 National Barrow Show® Truckload Competition Carcass Contest, with a load of Berkshire hogs that were 4th in the live truckload placing. In second was Iowa State University with their load of Duroc hogs, which were Reserve Grand Champion in the live placing. Coming out in third was Forkner Farms TRULINE® Genetics, Mo., with a crossbred load that stood 3rd in the live placing.

Ranking of all carcass contest results is below. For a full list of results, including all live placings as well as individual measurements and scores, visit http://www.nationalswine.com/Show_Events_Pages/NSR_Show_pages/NBS/NBS_results_page.html#truckload.

2010 NATIONAL BARROW SHOW® Truckload Competition 09/27/2010 Carcass Contest Ranking

Michael Freund, Berkshire
Iowa State University, Duroc
Forkner Farms | TRULINE® Genetics, Crossbred
Steve Earnhart and Family, Hampshire
Kirkwood Community College, Crossbred
Forkner Farms | TRULINE® Genetics, Crossbred
Iowa Lakes Community College, Crossbred
Tuthill Family Farms, Berkshire
Joy Genetics, Spotted
Iowa State University, Crossbred
Toni Chicos, Crossbred
Iowa State University, Berkshire
Western Illinois University, Crossbred
AJC Berkshires, [ … ]

Stewart’s Duroc Farm/Stein & Stewart Genetics

Online Fall Showpig Sale #1

LIVE NOW!

Starts Monday, Sept. 27
Ends Tuesday, Sept. 28 – 7 p.m.
With extended bidding
19 Duroc gilts
2 Duroc barrows
2 Yorkshire gilts
Out of Questionable Love, Truck, Square D, Brawny, and Day Tripper

Stewart’s Duroc Farm and Stein & Stewart Genetics will be selling their top offerings of July-farrowed gilts and barrows. Approximately 20-25 lots of mostly Duroc gilts sired by Questionable Love, Truck, and Square D will sell, as well as several pigs out of Brawny, Stewart’s Reserve Champion Duroc Boar, 2009 Indiana State Fair. Several of Stewart’s Yorkshires out of JGR8 Day Tripper 345-11 will also sell. These pigs were born from early- to late-July, and will be prime for winter and early spring shows. Stewart’s Duroc Farm and Stein & Stewart Genetics consistently collect champion awards at state fairs and NSR shows. This summer they had Champion Gilt at the Missouri State Fair, Reserve [ … ]

This is just a sample of the gilts that Carl will be selling in his online sale

(l to r) Dr. Tom Baas, Ukrainian host, Dr. Clint Schwab, Dr. Harold Hodson

This is the second of a four-part series. Read Dr. Schwab’s description of the visit in Part I.

Part 1, Dr. Clint Schwab visits Ukraine

Dr. Clint Schwab, director of genetic and technical services for the National Swine Registry, visited Ukraine in July 2010 to both present information to swine producers in this country, as well as learn about their systems. Accompanying him were Dr. Tom Baas of Iowa State University, and Dr. Harold Hodson from Swine Genetics International, Iowa. Following are Schwab’s second set of photos and descriptions of this tour.



An F1 sow pre-farrow, and another illustration of the typical farrowing system in Ukraine.



This picture was taken just inside the front gate of a larger nucleus farm that operates 1,100 sows and finishes all progeny. This was the largest unit we visited; it began using U.S. [ … ]