Month: November 2024

After 21 years with Frito-Lay, Dean Lueck made a career shift and joined Pipestone Management as the Truck Wash Manager over six years ago. Today, he leads a 12-person team responsible for washing and disinfecting 85 to 90 livestock trailers each week, a critical step in maintaining biosecurity and preventing the spread of disease between…

For nearly 15 years, Kelly Kortleever has played a key role at Pipestone Veterinary Services as a Health Technician, focusing on auditing biosecurity, safety, and animal welfare at sow farms. “Health is one of the most important drivers of success for farmers, and it starts with the health of their sow herd and wean pigs,”…

Mandy Matthiesen has been with PIPESTONE for 11 years, rising through the ranks to now manage the Information Bureau. She leads a six-person team responsible for ensuring accurate data reporting across the company’s sow farms. “Good data creates good decisions,” Mandy emphasizes, explaining that her team validates the information entered by farms to ensure it…

For Tyler Clayton, Order Fulfillment Lead at Pipestone Veterinary Services, supporting farmers begins with efficient logistics. Having been with the company for six years, Tyler leads a 10-person team responsible for ensuring that the medications and supplies prescribed by PIPESTONE’s veterinarians reach farms promptly and cost-effectively. “We aim for over 99.2% accuracy on all orders,…

It’s one of the most wonderful times of the year, and no it’s not Christmas, it’s harvest time! Corn stalks flying and bean stubble being made is a farmer’s dream and at the forefront of everyone’s mind. However, we can’t forget about our 4-legged friends in our barns. The importance of keeping the right ration…

As pig farmers, we know that every stage of production, from breeding to finishing, is crucial. But even when we’ve done everything right up until the last few weeks, there’s still a lot of money on the table when it comes to marketing your pigs. This final phase—selling your pigs at the right weight and…