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The Gardiner Family
Eddie Gardiner is part owner and farm manager at Hidden Acres 1 & 2. He and his wife, Judy, have been married for 38 years, and taking care of teens through fostering for almost as long. They’ve been taking care of hogs since they got married and been with Tosh Farms since 1997. “We hope […]
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Flat Storage Spotlight!
Check out January’s department spotlight Our Flat Storage crew is a big group of hard workers! They work day in and day out in all kinds of weather unloading trucks. They are a big part of our pig feed process. The materials that they are unloading all go into the feed made for the pigs. […]
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Antonio Abundis
Employee Spotlight January employee spotlight is Antonio Abundis!! He works in our Heavy Equipment department operating bulldozers, digging barn foundations, clearing brush, and servicing the machines. He has been with Tosh for going on 6 years. He is married to a wonderful woman, Lexi Abundis, who also works at Tosh Farms. They met at work […]
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Heath Smith
We are EX-STATIC to announce our employee spotlight for December, Electrical Supervisor, Heath Smith! He has been with Tosh Farms for a little over a year installing and working on all different types of electrical and control equipment. In his free time, he loves hunting duck and quail with his dog. He spends a lot […]
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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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