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John Garner, co-owner of E&J Farms in
Duplin County has been named the Pork All-American for 2010 by NCPC. Garner received his award at the NCPC awards breakfast on February 5 at the Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley. The breakfast was part of the 54th annual NC Pork Conference.
The Pork All-American award, is given in recognition of the recipient’s significant contributions to the pork industry through management and leadership ability, to NCPC and to their family and community. The recipient must be a farm owner or operator, or a contract producer, manager or employee committed to, occupied with and involved in the production of porcine animals. The recipient must also be between the ages of 25 – 40 years old.
Garner and his family have been in farming for years. Garner raises hogs with his brother Elwood Garner; his mother, Denise Garner; and his friend, Lawrence Graham. Together they operate a 5,280 finishing operation, and they all believe in pitching in to help the other. Garner also works at Williamsdale Farm in Wallace, a biofuels research farm under the direction of North Carolina State University.
Garner supports the pork industry through his work off the farm as well. He is currently a member of the Duplin County Farm Bureau as well as the Duplin Agribusiness Council. Garner and his wife, Lee Ann, have two children, Caroline and Charlie. They are members of Grove Presbyterian Church in Kenansville.
“John is a regular face in the crowd in Duplin County and often sets the bar for other swine producers, keeping up new innovations and updated information,” said Amanda Hatcher, Duplin County Extension Agent. “John is committed to family, farm and community and continues to promote a strong work ethic, good husbandry, conservation and support for agriculture.”
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