SEGMENT: FARM BUSINESS, LIVESTOCK FEED, & FARM ORGANIZATIONS
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- FARM BUSINESS
- Russ's parents lived through the Depression, and saw many people loose everything. They were against borrowing money. They had to find a way to generate some money, and decided to get into breeding, raising, and selling pigs.
- FARM FACILITIES
- The sows had to be separated by electric fences in the AA houses. They also have an up to date confined nursery.
- LIVESTOCK FEED
- They used to create their own supplements. Dr. Gene Becker was doing research on better supplements. In Germany, they were mixing citric acid with bean meal. At a seminar in KY people were expressing distress that Illinois farmers were using this new method and upsetting the status quo.
- FARM ORGANIZATIONS
- The Illinois Pork Council was organized in the early 1960s. They went to Russell and Carlyle and the U of I and told them they wanted to create a self help group for pork producers. They were a very successful group.