Author Archive: Mariah Purcell
Nichole Ratley
Our April employee spotlight is Nichole Ratley!! Working at Tosh Farms has been a great experience, exposing her to new areas of safety. It has provided her with the opportunity to work with so many awesome, hard-working people who remind her of her own family. only provide for her family but to pass down the […]
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Jorge Luis Tavares
He is our March employee spotlight!! He has been at Tosh Farms for 9 years. He is a Wash Bay Tech, and he helps to keep all of the equipment and trailers at Tosh clean. At the Wash Bay, they have to follow guidelines to ensure any trailers that carry baby pigs are disinfected to […]
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Rachel Stegall
Meet Rachel Stegall! She is a Swine Health Tech and has worked at Tosh Farms for 4 years now. She started as a breeding specialist at our Martin sow farm in 2021. In 2022, she was promoted to her current position, which involves ordering animal health products for all the sow farms and maintaining animal […]
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John Hodo
Check out our January employee of the month for January 2025! John Hodo has worked at our Feed Mill doing maintenance since June of 2018!! He is responsible for keeping machines running and greased, fixing problems, welding, and building arts. He and his wife of 36 years, Lacee, have two sons. Orry works in our […]
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Tyler Wauneka
‼️September Employee Spotlight‼️ Tyler Wauneka has been a Finishing Herdsman at our Bradford barn for right at 2 months now. He has really gone above and beyond caring for the pigs. Him and his wife of 11 years, Angela, have 4 kids together; Tyler Jr, Beth, Vincanzo and Mia! In his free time, he enjoys […]
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Pirtle Family
Dalton Pirtle is our spotlight grower for the 3rd quarter of 2024. I graduated from Murray State University in 2015, with a degree in Agribusiness. I returned to the family farm, Pirtle Farms Inc. in Water Valley, KY. I farm alongside my father, uncle, and two brothers growing corn, wheat, and soybeans, as well as […]
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Brad Smith
Our July employee spotlight, Brad Smith, has been part of our farm crew for over a year. He helps with spraying, planting, and harvesting. None of these are considered easy jobs. He has been married to his wife, Lisa for 13 years, and he has 4 beautiful children: Mary Helen, Ava Kate, Owen, and Chelsea. […]
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Alfonso Aguilar
Meet our June employee spotlight!! Alfonso has worked at Tosh Farms for 5 years as a finishing herdsman at our Gilkey finishing barn in Henry, TN. “It has been an amazing experience as a herdsman raising the pigs from little babies. Making sure they have everything they need to become market hogs! It is something […]
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Latoya Taylor
May Employee Spotlight!!! LaToya has been an HR Generalist at Tosh Farms for almost 3 years. Her main function is processing payroll and managing leaves of absence. She is responsible for maintaining and processing information in the system to ensure over 500 people get paid on time, and accurately. She also educates and assists employees […]
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Sherie Westbrooks
Check out our April employee spotlight!! Sherie Westbrooks has been a Scale House Assistant at Tosh Farms for almost 3 years. She is responsible for all incoming ingredients to make feed (dog food, grain, corn, beans, wheat, canola, and rapeseed). She probes the grain to check for moisture and enters her findings into the computer […]
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