Author Archive: Mariah Purcell
Florencio Alvarez
November’s employee spotlight is Florencio Alvarez! He has been a trailer and farm implement washer at Tosh Farms for 11 YEARS!! That job consists of washing trailers for the pigs so that they are ready the next day to return to their daily routine. He also washes agricultural implements and service vans. Working in the […]
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October Employee Spotlight!
Christy Whitten will have been at Tosh Farms for 10 years this November 26th! She is a Research Barn Supervisor. Her job is to oversee the daily care of the 5,000-head Wean-to-Market research site. They carry out various research trials, and Christy helps collect the data for the trials; such as the amount of feed […]
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Calloway County Ag Day
On September 26th and 27th we got to enjoy teaching over 400 3rd and 4th graders about pigs. It was a pleasure seeing them all get so excited about the piglets. Calloway County Ag Day was great! Any employer who gets the opportunity to attend should definitely do it! You’d be surprised at the number […]
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Heath Crouse
Heath Crouse has worked at Tosh Farms for 3.5 years as a QC/QA. To put that in layman’s terms, he is responsible for the testing on the feed to check for the QUALITY and CONDITION. He does that to ensure that we are making the highest quality feed for the hogs to grow on. He […]
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32nd CVS Conference
Last Tuesday, our Fairway 1 sow farm won the Outstanding Sow Farm award at the 32nd Carthage Veterinary Services conference!! Regional Sow Farm Manager, Jose Santiago, won the Tips and Tricks competition. Read the article below to see all of the tips he has for success! https://www.porkbusiness.com/…/8-ways-bring-your-team… We are so grateful for our hardworking employees! […]
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Summer Interns 2022
Morgan Huelsmann, Senior at Murray State University, and Leann Goffinett, Junior at Murray State University, just wrapped up their 6-week summer internship at Tosh Farms. Today, they presented to our leadership team the wealth of knowledge they acquired from working in breeding, farrowing, finishing, and the gilt development unit. As such, we were inspired by […]
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Francisco Martinez
April’s employee spotlight is Francisco Martinez! He is a Shop Foreman at our concrete plant. He helps his manager, Rick Noble, oversee production of all of the concrete slabs for the barns. He has worked at Tosh Farms for 5 years now. Him and his wife, Juana Martinez, have 3 beautiful children together. While he […]
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Buena Vista Grand Opening!!
We had such a good turn out at our Buena Vista barn grand opening on 04.01.22! A huge thank you to everyone who could make it out there to tour the barn, eat good food, and learn a little bit about Tosh Farms. An even bigger thank you to our Office Manager, Rhonda Schultz, for […]
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Leaving No Piglet Behind
Listen up & expand your knowledge on what’s happening in the industry & more specifically, at our sow farms as our veterinarian, Dr. Seth Krantz, discusses leading causes of pre weaned mortality in piglets on the Popular Pig Podcast called, “Leaving No Piglet Behind.”
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Tommy Thompson
It’s Employee Spotlight time!!! Tommy Thompson has been a truck driver at Tosh Farms for 4 years! His job title is Top Hog Hauler (Swine Relocation Specialist), and he is responsible for loading, transporting, and unloading Top Hogs at each location. He has been married to his lovely wife, Maureen Thompson, for 24 years. Together […]
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