Feb 27, 2025 | 2025 News Releases
The Nebraska Pork Producers Association (NPPA) is pleased to announce that Seth Mitchell from Raleigh, North Carolina, will take over the executive director position for NPPA in April of 2025. Mitchell will fill the vacancy created by retiring Al Juhnke. The selection...
Feb 1, 2025 | 2025 News Releases
Five University of Nebraska-Lincoln students have been named to the 2025 Nebraska Pork Producers Association’s Pork Ambassador Program. They are: Forest Rutledge, from Yuma, Colorado; Carter Holtmeier, from Plymouth, Nebraska; Dalton Williams, from Grantsville, Utah;...
Feb 27, 2024 | 2024 News Releases
The Nebraska Pork Producers Association (NPPA) is proud to announce the 2024 Pork Ambassadors. Five college-age Students, under the direction of Sophia Lentfer, Education Director for the Association, will participate in the year long program. Olivia Vanderford is a...
Mar 6, 2023 | 2023 News Releases
New Leadership for Pork Association Mark Wright of Fremont, Nebraska has been elected President of the Nebraska Pork Producers Association (NPPA) at a director’s meeting held on January 19, 2023. Connor Livingston, Director of Sites and Mill Operations for Livingston...
Feb 27, 2023 | Meat the Pig Farmers
Travis Dunekacke, TD Niche Pork Meat the Pig Farmer, Travis Dunekacke lives in Elk Creek, Nebraska near the farm he grew up on in Johnson County. Travis is a pig farmer, a direct marketer, and a good cook. He found his “niche” in raising the highest quality pork for...
Feb 27, 2023 | Meat the Pig Farmers
Meat the Pig Farmers, Bruce and Karen Grant’s farrow-to-finish pig farm is located near Meadow Grove, Nebraska. They are the parents of Jason, Jeremy and Kristen, and proud grandparents, as well. In addition to the pig operation, the Grant family farm also grows a...
Feb 27, 2023 | Meat the Pig Farmers
Meat the Pig Farmers, Meat the pig farmers at Livingston Enterprises! Headquartered in Fairbury, Nebraska and owned by Bruce and Trudy Livingston, Livingston Enterprises is one of the largest, family-owned pork producers in Nebraska. They have been in the swine...
Feb 27, 2023 | Meat the Pig Farmers
Meat the Pig Farmer, Photo courtesy of Curt Arens, Nebraska Farmer Magazine. Pig farmer Jared Lierman, from Beemer, is all about helping other young people in his community and in the pork industry. He is a third-generation farmer and owner of 3L Farms, a...
Feb 27, 2023 | Meat the Pig Farmers
Meat the Pig Farmer, Brian Zimmerman, along with his wife, Tammy, son Austin and daughters Shelby and Korene, raise pigs just west of Beatrice. The Zimmermans have a specialized pig farm, raising exhibition and breeding stock. The family’s operation raises purebred...
Feb 27, 2023 | Meat the Pig Farmers
Meat the Pig Farmer, Brian Zimmerman, along with his wife, Tammy, son Austin and daughters Shelby and Korene, raise pigs just west of Beatrice. The Zimmermans have a specialized pig farm, raising exhibition and breeding stock. The family’s operation raises purebred...
