Future veterinarian wins national swine scholarship
EAST LANSING, Mich. – A Michigan State University animal science student and aspiring veterinarian has been honored with one of four national scholarships from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC).
Sophomore Aimee Campbell was awarded $2,500 for her essay on sow gestation housing. Campbell, from Commerce Township in Oakland County, has always wanted to be a veterinarian. Introduced to animal agriculture at MSU, Campbell learned about sow gestation housing through coursework and research and decided to enter the competition.
Her essay, Animal Rights Versus Animal Welfare, lays out ways to measure animal welfare in sow housing such as minimizing aggression, maintaining a consistent environment, ensuring access to food and water and reducing animal exposure to injury, disease and hazards.
Campbell concludes the swine industry must work to inform consumers about animal welfare practices and that animal welfare specialists employed by swine boards and universities can help dispel some of the misinformation.
Campbell is employed in the laboratories of MSU animal scientists Jose Cibelli and Michael Orth. She is also a member of the Pre-Veterinary Medical Assoc. and Phi Beta Delta honor society.
NPPC administers the annual Lois Britt Memorial Pork Industry Scholarship Program sponsored by CME.
The program is designed to reward talented and thoughtful students who intend to pursue careers in the pork industry and serve as future industry leaders.
Farm Credit Services names new board member
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Farm Credit Services of Mid-America (FCS) recently named David Hahn of Columbus, Ohio, to serve on its board of directors.
FCS is an $11-billion ag lending cooperative serving more than 72,500 farmers and rural residents across Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Hahn is a faculty member in the College of Food, Agricul-tural and Environmental Sciences at Ohio State University. He currently teaches the “Agricultural Cooperatives” course and is faculty advisor to the Ohio student chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Assoc. (NAMA) marketing team.
He also serves as a development specialist for the Ohio Cooperative Development Center at Piketon, helping provide outreach and technical assistance to 27 new and emerging cooperatives during the past six years.
There are 16 FCS directors who are borrowers of the cooperative and are elected to the board by the membership base.
Additionally, there are two directors appointed by the board.
As an appointed director, Hahn is not a customer with the Farm Credit System, but will provide an independent perspective and additional expertise in the areas of finance, cooperative development and agriculture.
Hahn and his wife, Sarah, own a 650-acre grain farm in Huron County.
Lane promoted to VP at FCS of Mid-America
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Keith Lane of Morristown, Tenn., has been named vice president of agribusiness and dealer credit for Farm Credit Services of Mid-America, an $11-billion ag-finance cooperative serving more than 72,500 customers throughout Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Tennessee.
His office is located at the organization’s corporate headquarters in Louisville, Ky.
In his new role, Lane will provide strategic leadership and direction for the association’s $1.7-billion Agribusiness Lending Division, and to the cooperative’s Intermediate Term Credit initiative, which includes development and implementation of a new farm equipment dealer credit product. Lane will also be a member of the cooperative’s Leadership Team.
He began his career as manager at the Federal Land Bank Assoc. in Martinsville, Ind., in 1977 and has been employed by Farm Credit Services of Mid-America since its inception in 1985. He has held leadership positions throughout Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee and has been involved in several teams responsible for strategic planning and initiatives for the association.
Lane obtained his bachelor’s degree in agricultural communications from Purdue University in 1977. He and his wife, Tina, have two adult children.
Snyder, Woolsey named CSRs for Brock Grain
MILFORD, Ind. — Mary Lou Snyder and Kelly Woolsey have been named Customer Service Representatives for Brock Grain Systems, according to Roger Hollinger, Customer Service Manager for the CTB, Inc. business unit.
Their responsibilities will include assisting dealers and customers with orders, along with coordinating shipping and delivery schedules.
Prior to her employment with Brock Grain, Snyder worked for Hand Industries of Warsaw, Ind., in customer service and sales.
Snyder will continue to reside in her hometown of Warsaw.
Woolsey was previously employed with Innovative Design Technologies of Elkhart, Ind., and has experience as an office manager and warranty manager. She also has experience as a warranty administrator for Harold Zeigler Ford in Elkhart.
A native of the Middlebury and Goshen, Ind., areas, Woolsey continues to reside there.
Brock Grain Systems is a part of the CTB, Inc. family of companies. Based in Milford, CTB is a leading global designer, manufacturer and marketer of systems and solutions for the poultry, hog, egg production and grain industries.
The company’s web address is www.ctbinc.com |
