Pig Farming by County

Adams

$34,700,000 Total Labor Income
$83,800,000 Total Value Added
$102,300,000 Total Livestock Output
$14,364,877 Total Tax Revenue
592 Total Livestock Jobs

Darren Sims

Darren is a former member of the IPPA board and has been involved with the…

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Alexander

$700,000 Total Labor Income
$800,000 Total Value Added
$900,000 Total Livestock Output
$213,660 Total Tax Revenue
17 Total Livestock Jobs

Bond

$600,000 Total Labor Income
$1,600,000 Total Value Added
$1,800,000 Total Livestock Output
$255,778 Total Tax Revenue
21 Total Livestock Jobs

Boone

$1,100,000 Total Labor Income
$3,000,000 Total Value Added
$3,500,000 Total Livestock Output
$453,549 Total Tax Revenue
37 Total Livestock Jobs

Brown

$3,700,000 Total Labor Income
$11,300,000 Total Value Added
$12,900,000 Total Livestock Output
$1,607,654 Total Tax Revenue
130 Total Livestock Jobs

Bureau

$5,400,000 Total Labor Income
$24,700,000 Total Value Added
$27,900,000 Total Livestock Output
$3,348,730 Total Tax Revenue
189 Total Livestock Jobs

Cheryl Walsh

Cheryl is from Bureau County where she is the owner and operator of their row…

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Calhoun

$2,900,000 Total Labor Income
$5,200,000 Total Value Added
$6,300,000 Total Livestock Output
$1,054,664 Total Tax Revenue
97 Total Livestock Jobs

Carroll

$11,900,000 Total Labor Income
$24,400,000 Total Value Added
$29,300,000 Total Livestock Output
$4,329,130 Total Tax Revenue
158 Total Livestock Jobs

Stitzel Hog Farm

Darrell and Laurie Stitzel were recognized as the 2022 Illinois Pork Producers Family of the…

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Cass

$17,400,000 Total Labor Income
$35,300,000 Total Value Added
$42,200,000 Total Livestock Output
$6,311,555 Total Tax Revenue
237 Total Livestock Jobs

Dr. Rachel Schulte

Dr. Rachel Schulte grew up on a farrow-to-finish and row crop family farm, named Brauer…

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Champaign

$5,700,000 Total Labor Income
$9,600,000 Total Value Added
$12,100,000 Total Livestock Output
$1,886,979 Total Tax Revenue
74 Total Livestock Jobs

Glenn Bressner

Glenn Bressner resides in Catlin, IL with his wife Leslie and they have been blessed…

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Bryan Ideus

Bryan grew up in Rantoul, Illinois. While he did not grow up on a farm,…

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Christian

$10,200,000 Total Labor Income
$23,200,000 Total Value Added
$27,900,000 Total Livestock Output
$4,000,815 Total Tax Revenue
138 Total Livestock Jobs

Dereke Dunkirk

The Dunkirk family is dedicated and committed to a life long journey of success in…

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Katie Brown

Katie Brown is a 5th generation hog farmer, growing up on a sow farm but…

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Clark

$14,200,000 Total Labor Income
$32,400,000 Total Value Added
$38,800,000 Total Livestock Output
$5,649,282 Total Tax Revenue
256 Total Livestock Jobs

Clay

$7,800,000 Total Labor Income
$20,100,000 Total Value Added
$23,700,000 Total Livestock Output
$3,310,926 Total Tax Revenue
214 Total Livestock Jobs

Clinton

$15,300,000 Total Labor Income
$35,900,000 Total Value Added
$42,700,000 Total Livestock Output
$6,010,456 Total Tax Revenue
336 Total Livestock Jobs

Josh Maschhoff

Josh Maschhoff was raised around his family’s pork farm in rural Clinton County. Josh…

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Coles

$2,100,000 Total Labor Income
$4,000,000 Total Value Added
$4,900,000 Total Livestock Output
$755,721 Total Tax Revenue
39 Total Livestock Jobs

Cook

$2,500,000 Total Labor Income
$7,700,000 Total Value Added
$9,000,000 Total Livestock Output
$1,137,134 Total Tax Revenue
73 Total Livestock Jobs

Crawford

$3,000,000 Total Labor Income
$7,900,000 Total Value Added
$9,200,000 Total Livestock Output
$1,267,750 Total Tax Revenue
80 Total Livestock Jobs

Cumberland

$89,200,000 Total Labor Income
$40,000,000 Total Value Added
$49,400,000 Total Livestock Output
$7,158,785 Total Tax Revenue
396 Total Livestock Jobs

Jason Propst

Jason is from Cumberland County and is a production manager for TLS Farmer Network, LLC.…

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De Witt

$6,100,000 Total Labor Income
$9,400,000 Total Value Added
$11,500,000 Total Livestock Output
$1,906,801 Total Tax Revenue
79 Total Livestock Jobs

Randy Kuker

Randy Kuker has been working in the Pork Industry since 1998 after he finished serving…

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DeKalb

$45,300,000 Total Labor Income
$110,100,000 Total Value Added
$131,500,000 Total Livestock Output
$18,141,140 Total Tax Revenue
605 Total Livestock Jobs

Livestock and Urban Development Can Coexist

Below is an aerial view of a farm in DeKalb County. The original pig barns…

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Douglas

$2,600,000 Total Labor Income
$4,500,000 Total Value Added
$5,500,000 Total Livestock Output
$932,185 Total Tax Revenue
40 Total Livestock Jobs

DuPage

$100,000 Total Labor Income
$200,000 Total Value Added
$200,000 Total Livestock Output
$28,327 Total Tax Revenue
7 Total Livestock Jobs

Edgar

$6,300,000 Total Labor Income
$16,100,000 Total Value Added
$18,900,000 Total Livestock Output
$2,654,834 Total Tax Revenue
114 Total Livestock Jobs

Edwards

$8,900,000 Total Labor Income
$18,300,000 Total Value Added
$21,600,000 Total Livestock Output
$3,126,171 Total Tax Revenue
191 Total Livestock Jobs

Effingham

$27,500,000 Total Labor Income
$72,000,000 Total Value Added
$86,900,000 Total Livestock Output
$11,965,033 Total Tax Revenue
648 Total Livestock Jobs

Alan Kollmann

Alan is a husband, father, pig farmer, school board member and past president of the…

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Dr. Will Fombell

Dr. Will Fombelle is a partner and swine veterinarian at Carthage Veterinary Service. He is…

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Randy Kuker

Randy Kuker has been working in the pork industry since 1998 after he finished serving…

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Fayette

$5,300,000 Total Labor Income
$12,000,000 Total Value Added
$14,400,000 Total Livestock Output
$2,111,612 Total Tax Revenue
147 Total Livestock Jobs

Ford

$10,800,000 Total Labor Income
$22,300,000 Total Value Added
$26,400,000 Total Livestock Output
$3,249,899 Total Tax Revenue
128 Total Livestock Jobs

Aaron Beretan

Aaron Bertan is a first-generation farmer from Paxton, Illinois. He runs an independent producer wean-finishing…

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Franklin

$3,600,000 Total Labor Income
$6,200,000 Total Value Added
$7,600,000 Total Livestock Output
$1,245,225 Total Tax Revenue
97 Total Livestock Jobs

Fulton

$7,500,000 Total Labor Income
$17,400,000 Total Value Added
$20,700,000 Total Livestock Output
$2,954,986 Total Tax Revenue
136 Total Livestock Jobs

Gallatin

$300,000 Total Labor Income
$600,000 Total Value Added
$700,000 Total Livestock Output
$118,614 Total Tax Revenue
4 Total Livestock Jobs

Greene

$4,300,000 Total Labor Income
$7,300,000 Total Value Added
$8,900,000 Total Livestock Output
$1,514,643 Total Tax Revenue
62 Total Livestock Jobs

Grundy

$1,100,000 Total Labor Income
$2,300,000 Total Value Added
$2,800,000 Total Livestock Output
$407,748 Total Tax Revenue
14 Total Livestock Jobs

Hamilton

$1,600,000 Total Labor Income
$3,200,000 Total Value Added
$3,800,000 Total Livestock Output
$588,805 Total Tax Revenue
45 Total Livestock Jobs

Hancock

$32,100,000 Total Labor Income
$78,600,000 Total Value Added
$92,600,000 Total Livestock Output
$13,562,810 Total Tax Revenue
465 Total Livestock Jobs

Beth Speickermeir

Beth manages all reporting, data entry and processes for the finishing production data for Carthage…

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Hardin

$1,800,000 Total Labor Income
$2,600,000 Total Value Added
$3,300,000 Total Livestock Output
$609,874 Total Tax Revenue
49 Total Livestock Jobs

Henderson

$4,100,000 Total Labor Income
$7,100,000 Total Value Added
$8,500,000 Total Livestock Output
$1,362,341 Total Tax Revenue
44 Total Livestock Jobs

Henry

$23,200,000 Total Labor Income
$49,900,000 Total Value Added
$59,700,000 Total Livestock Output
$8,645,314 Total Tax Revenue
363 Total Livestock Jobs

Taylor and Bridgett Wildermuth

Taylor and Bridgett Wildermuth, generational farmers from Geneseo, IL, talk about their daily lives on…

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Iroquois

$11,900,000 Total Labor Income
$21,400,000 Total Value Added
$26,100,000 Total Livestock Output
$4,248,429 Total Tax Revenue
164 Total Livestock Jobs

Jackson

$1,800,000 Total Labor Income
$6,200,000 Total Value Added
$7,200,000 Total Livestock Output
$894,316 Total Tax Revenue
75 Total Livestock Jobs

Jasper

$25,600,000 Total Labor Income
$66,400,000 Total Value Added
$76,700,000 Total Livestock Output
$10,641,695 Total Tax Revenue
555 Total Livestock Jobs

Jefferson

$3,000,000 Total Labor Income
$7,700,000 Total Value Added
$9,100,000 Total Livestock Output
$1,249,221 Total Tax Revenue
130 Total Livestock Jobs

Jersey

$200,000 Total Labor Income
$400,000 Total Value Added
$500,000 Total Livestock Output
$69,273 Total Tax Revenue
5 Total Livestock Jobs

Jo Daviess

$900,000 Total Labor Income
$2,400,000 Total Value Added
$2,900,000 Total Livestock Output
$387,455 Total Tax Revenue
23 Total Livestock Jobs

Johnson

$4,600,000 Total Labor Income
$18,700,000 Total Value Added
$21,100,000 Total Livestock Output
$2,511,821 Total Tax Revenue
308 Total Livestock Jobs

Kane

$5,200,000 Total Labor Income
$24,700,000 Total Value Added
$28,000,000 Total Livestock Output
$3,182,777 Total Tax Revenue
167 Total Livestock Jobs

Alex Dumoulin

Alex grew up and continues to live on her family’s owned and operated hog…

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Kankakee

$6,700,000 Total Labor Income
$12,900,000 Total Value Added
$15,900,000 Total Livestock Output
$2,471,727 Total Tax Revenue
97 Total Livestock Jobs

Kendall

$3,100,000 Total Labor Income
$8,800,000 Total Value Added
$10,400,000 Total Livestock Output
$1,296,957 Total Tax Revenue
64 Total Livestock Jobs

Knox

$33,300,000 Total Labor Income
$76,200,000 Total Value Added
$91,400,000 Total Livestock Output
$13,471,755 Total Tax Revenue
419 Total Livestock Jobs

Tyler Main

Tyler has an independent Wean to Finish swine operation with shares in a sow coop.…

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Andrew Erickson

Andrew Erickson is a 3^rd generation farmer in northeast Knox County. Andrew works with his…

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La Salle

$10,900,000 Total Labor Income
$21,200,000 Total Value Added
$25,900,000 Total Livestock Output
$3,954,727 Total Tax Revenue
174 Total Livestock Jobs

Lake

$1,300,000 Total Labor Income
$6,100,000 Total Value Added
$6,900,000 Total Livestock Output
$763,847 Total Tax Revenue
87 Total Livestock Jobs

Lawrence

$7,500,000 Total Labor Income
$19,900,000 Total Value Added
$23,000,000 Total Livestock Output
$2,918,363 Total Tax Revenue
117 Total Livestock Jobs

Lee

$8,500,000 Total Labor Income
$23,200,000 Total Value Added
$27,300,000 Total Livestock Output
$3,581,421 Total Tax Revenue
133 Total Livestock Jobs

Brent Scholl Talks Family Pig Farming

Brent Scholl, farmer from Polo, IL, is an amazing example of a multi-generational operation. Watch…

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Livingston

$33,500,000 Total Labor Income
$54,100,000 Total Value Added
$65,900,000 Total Livestock Output
$10,759,970 Total Tax Revenue
356 Total Livestock Jobs

Kent Blunier

Kent is the owner and daily operations manager of Blunier Farms in Livingston County, which…

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Phillip Zimmerman

Phillip is involved in the family business Zimmerman Feed & Grain. He has oversight of operations…

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Logan

$11,700,000 Total Labor Income
$22,700,000 Total Value Added
$27,300,000 Total Livestock Output
$4,033,873 Total Tax Revenue
150 Total Livestock Jobs

Thomas Titus

Thomas is a past president of the Illinois Pork Producers Association and current board member.…

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Blane Olson

Blane Olson is the 3rd generation to own and operate their diverse grain and livestock…

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Macon

$200,000 Total Labor Income
$400,000 Total Value Added
$400,000 Total Livestock Output
$69,694 Total Tax Revenue
3 Total Livestock Jobs

Macoupin

$7,100,000 Total Labor Income
$16,800,000 Total Value Added
$20,000,000 Total Livestock Output
$2,861,287 Total Tax Revenue
164 Total Livestock Jobs

Madison

$2,100,000 Total Labor Income
$5,300,000 Total Value Added
$6,300,000 Total Livestock Output
$858,603 Total Tax Revenue
66 Total Livestock Jobs

Marion

$2,100,000 Total Labor Income
$5,800,000 Total Value Added
$6,800,000 Total Livestock Output
$959,469 Total Tax Revenue
102 Total Livestock Jobs

Marshall

$100,000 Total Labor Income
$100,000 Total Value Added
$200,000 Total Livestock Output
$25,175 Total Tax Revenue
1 Total Livestock Jobs

Mason

$5,400,000 Total Labor Income
$10,100,000 Total Value Added
$12,100,000 Total Livestock Output
$1,960,165 Total Tax Revenue
58 Total Livestock Jobs

Massac

$200,000 Total Labor Income
$500,000 Total Value Added
$600,000 Total Livestock Output
$82,330 Total Tax Revenue
9 Total Livestock Jobs

McDonough

$18,200,000 Total Labor Income
$37,500,000 Total Value Added
$45,000,000 Total Livestock Output
$6,776,742 Total Tax Revenue
250 Total Livestock Jobs

McHenry

$3,000,000 Total Labor Income
$13,400,000 Total Value Added
$15,300,000 Total Livestock Output
$1,695,451 Total Tax Revenue
131 Total Livestock Jobs

McLean

$44,600,000 Total Labor Income
$82,800,000 Total Value Added
$101,700,000 Total Livestock Output
$15,802,480 Total Tax Revenue
529 Total Livestock Jobs

Patrick Bane

Pat Bane is the co-owner and manager of Bane Family Pork, a 3,000-sow farrow-to-wean farm…

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Menard

$1,100,000 Total Labor Income
$2,000,000 Total Value Added
$2,400,000 Total Livestock Output
$362,438 Total Tax Revenue
16 Total Livestock Jobs

Rachel Schulte

Dr. Rachel Schulte grew up on a farrow-to-finish and row crop family farm, named Brauer…

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Mercer

$39,300,000 Total Labor Income
$75,400,000 Total Value Added
$90,400,000 Total Livestock Output
$14,160,360 Total Tax Revenue
386 Total Livestock Jobs

Chad Bell

MEET CHAD BELL BRINGING PIGS BACK TO THE FARM Many of the Bell generations before…

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Monroe

$4,600,000 Total Labor Income
$12,300,000 Total Value Added
$14,500,000 Total Livestock Output
$1,924,773 Total Tax Revenue
133 Total Livestock Jobs

Bruce Brinkman

Bruce Brinkman lives in Valmeyer, Illinois, and has been married to his wife, Rita, for…

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Montgomery

$14,600,000 Total Labor Income
$41,300,000 Total Value Added
$48,600,000 Total Livestock Output
$6,132,051 Total Tax Revenue
295 Total Livestock Jobs

Dale Weitekamp

Meet Dale, a pig farmer and past president of the Illinois Pork Producers Association. Dale…

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Amanda Spinner

Amanda resides in Montgomery County with her husband Matthew, and daughters, Zoey and Layla. She…

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Morgan

$5,900,000 Total Labor Income
$11,600,000 Total Value Added
$14,200,000 Total Livestock Output
$2,158,669 Total Tax Revenue
97 Total Livestock Jobs

The Six Family

Ben and Genny Six are 5th and 6th generation hog farmers. Eager to carry on…

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Moultrie

$1,000,000 Total Labor Income
$1,800,000 Total Value Added
$2,100,000 Total Livestock Output
$325,201 Total Tax Revenue
13 Total Livestock Jobs

Ogle

$14,600,000 Total Labor Income
$37,500,000 Total Value Added
$44,200,000 Total Livestock Output
$6,025,255 Total Tax Revenue
260 Total Livestock Jobs

Peoria

$3,400,000 Total Labor Income
$6,400,000 Total Value Added
$7,900,000 Total Livestock Output
$1,197,407 Total Tax Revenue
68 Total Livestock Jobs

Basehoar Family

“I have four daughters that I am hopeful to provide for, with this farm. My…

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Cheryl Walsh

Cheryl Walsh and her two daughters, Reagan and Rylie, are from Princeville. As a 4^th…

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Kristi Smith

Kristi Smith is from Princeville, Illinois, where she lives on a fourth generation show pig…

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Perry

$500,000 Total Labor Income
$1,100,000 Total Value Added
$1,300,000 Total Livestock Output
$179,685 Total Tax Revenue
17 Total Livestock Jobs

Piatt

$200,000 Total Labor Income
$300,000 Total Value Added
$400,000 Total Livestock Output
$63,952 Total Tax Revenue
2 Total Livestock Jobs

Pike

$39,600,000 Total Labor Income
$114,700,000 Total Value Added
$133,700,000 Total Livestock Output
$19,137,410 Total Tax Revenue
674 Total Livestock Jobs

Pope

$400,000 Total Labor Income
$1,600,000 Total Value Added
$1,800,000 Total Livestock Output
$225,416 Total Tax Revenue
60 Total Livestock Jobs

Pulaski

$100,000 Total Labor Income
$200,000 Total Value Added
$200,000 Total Livestock Output
$26,044 Total Tax Revenue
2 Total Livestock Jobs

Putnam

$2,700,000 Total Labor Income
$2,000,000 Total Value Added
$2,400,000 Total Livestock Output
$603,441 Total Tax Revenue
19 Total Livestock Jobs

Randolph

$5,400,000 Total Labor Income
$12,400,000 Total Value Added
$14,700,000 Total Livestock Output
$2,041,344 Total Tax Revenue
150 Total Livestock Jobs

Richland

$15,300,000 Total Labor Income
$27,600,000 Total Value Added
$34,100,000 Total Livestock Output
$5,468,109 Total Tax Revenue
245 Total Livestock Jobs

Rock Island

$6,500,000 Total Labor Income
$13,700,000 Total Value Added
$16,300,000 Total Livestock Output
$2,309,351 Total Tax Revenue
140 Total Livestock Jobs

Saline

$800,000 Total Labor Income
$1,900,000 Total Value Added
$2,300,000 Total Livestock Output
$330,537 Total Tax Revenue
24 Total Livestock Jobs

Sangamon

$11,000,000 Total Labor Income
$21,000,000 Total Value Added
$26,000,000 Total Livestock Output
$3,839,287 Total Tax Revenue
143 Total Livestock Jobs

Schuyler

$9,300,000 Total Labor Income
$24,800,000 Total Value Added
$28,500,000 Total Livestock Output
$3,971,585 Total Tax Revenue
199 Total Livestock Jobs

Scott

$2,400,000 Total Labor Income
$5,000,000 Total Value Added
$6,000,000 Total Livestock Output
$877,109 Total Tax Revenue
42 Total Livestock Jobs

Shelby

$24,000,000 Total Labor Income
$49,500,000 Total Value Added
$58,600,000 Total Livestock Output
$8,717,443 Total Tax Revenue
447 Total Livestock Jobs

Brock Burgener

Brock is a 4th generation farmer from Shelby County. From a young age, Brock knew…

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St. Clair

$10,100,000 Total Labor Income
$20,900,000 Total Value Added
$25,600,000 Total Livestock Output
$3,716,454 Total Tax Revenue
220 Total Livestock Jobs

Stark

$3,500,000 Total Labor Income
$7,100,000 Total Value Added
$8,400,000 Total Livestock Output
$1,275,678 Total Tax Revenue
37 Total Livestock Jobs

Stephenson

$8,100,000 Total Labor Income
$23,000,000 Total Value Added
$27,000,000 Total Livestock Output
$3,640,535 Total Tax Revenue
202 Total Livestock Jobs

Tazewell

$18,800,000 Total Labor Income
$39,300,000 Total Value Added
$47,400,000 Total Livestock Output
$7,022,268 Total Tax Revenue
285 Total Livestock Jobs

Union

$200,000 Total Labor Income
$400,000 Total Value Added
$500,000 Total Livestock Output
$82,964 Total Tax Revenue
10 Total Livestock Jobs

Vermilion

$2,100,000 Total Labor Income
$4,000,000 Total Value Added
$4,900,000 Total Livestock Output
$778,461 Total Tax Revenue
31 Total Livestock Jobs

Wabash

$400,000 Total Labor Income
$900,000 Total Value Added
$1,000,000 Total Livestock Output
$155,296 Total Tax Revenue
7 Total Livestock Jobs

Warren

$27,300,000 Total Labor Income
$47,600,000 Total Value Added
$58,300,000 Total Livestock Output
$9,488,303 Total Tax Revenue
253 Total Livestock Jobs

Corbin Uitermarkt

Corbin is an advocate of the pork industry as well as the agricultural community as…

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Washington

$11,200,000 Total Labor Income
$37,500,000 Total Value Added
$42,900,000 Total Livestock Output
$5,361,079 Total Tax Revenue
267 Total Livestock Jobs

Emmalee Haege

Emmalee Haege and her family own and operate a small row crop operation and Red…

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Josh Maschhoff

Josh Maschhoff was raised around his family’s pork farm in rural Clinton County. Josh…

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Wayne

$14,500,000 Total Labor Income
$27,900,000 Total Value Added
$34,300,000 Total Livestock Output
$5,351,745 Total Tax Revenue
361 Total Livestock Jobs

White

$3,900,000 Total Labor Income
$7,000,000 Total Value Added
$8,500,000 Total Livestock Output
$1,433,615 Total Tax Revenue
65 Total Livestock Jobs

Whiteside

$21,800,000 Total Labor Income
$49,500,000 Total Value Added
$59,000,000 Total Livestock Output
$8,701,846 Total Tax Revenue
333 Total Livestock Jobs

Will

$5,400,000 Total Labor Income
$11,500,000 Total Value Added
$13,900,000 Total Livestock Output
$1,969,199 Total Tax Revenue
139 Total Livestock Jobs

Williamson

$500,000 Total Labor Income
$1,400,000 Total Value Added
$1,700,000 Total Livestock Output
$230,464 Total Tax Revenue
32 Total Livestock Jobs

Winnebago

$1,000,000 Total Labor Income
$2,700,000 Total Value Added
$3,300,000 Total Livestock Output
$455,377 Total Tax Revenue
35 Total Livestock Jobs

Woodford

$24,900,000 Total Labor Income
$46,800,000 Total Value Added
$56,600,000 Total Livestock Output
$8,402,052 Total Tax Revenue
377 Total Livestock Jobs

The Janssen Family

The Janssen family has a 200 head farrow-to-finish pig farm in Woodford County. Additionally, the…

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