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<\/a><\/p>\nAfter my first year of showing in 4-H, I knew my passion for showing pigs would lead me to a career in the swine industry. I grew up on a small family farm, in Galatia, Ill., where we raised and showed pigs at state level. Additionally, I showed cattle at state and national levels. In high school, I was very active and successful in FFA, where I was an officer, competed in CDEs and was named State Star Farmer of Illinois. After high school, I attended Lake Land College, in Mattoon, Ill., where I obtained an Associate of Agriculture. While at Lake Land College, I was a member of the Livestock Judging Team, a Student Ambassador and a member of the Agriculture Transfer Club. Currently, I am a junior at Oklahoma State University majoring in animal science-business with a minor in agricultural economics. I am a member of the Livestock Judging Team, Swine Club and Block and Bridle. I feel that the best part about my internship will be getting the opportunity to work with youth in the swine industry. They play such a vital role, as they are our future. Being able to share my passion for this industry, during this internship, is something that I will cherish forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Meet the Staff :: Layna Bond<\/p>\n
After my first year of showing in 4-H, I knew my passion for showing pigs would lead me to a career in the swine industry. I grew up on a small family farm, in Galatia, Ill., where we raised and showed pigs at state level. Additionally, I showed cattle at state and national levels. In high school, I was very active and successful in FFA, where I was an officer, competed in CDEs and was named State Star Farmer of Illinois. After high school, I attended Lake Land College, in Mattoon, Ill., where I obtained an Associate of Agriculture. While at Lake Land College, I was a member of the Livestock Judging Team, a Student Ambassador and a member of the Agriculture Transfer Club. Currently, I am a junior at Oklahoma State University majoring in animal science-business with a minor in agricultural economics. I am [ …<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,17,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-national-junior-swine-association","category-national-swine-registry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalswine.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalswine.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalswine.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalswine.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalswine.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nationalswine.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalswine.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalswine.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalswine.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}