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Producer Profiles

Timmy Thomas– Thomas Farm Pork
Timmy Thomas and his brother, Jimmy, co-own Thomas Farms Pork, a 240 sow farrow (birth) to finish (market) swine operation that produces 4,000 pigs each year. They purchased the farm, located in Timberlake, N.C., in 1994. They also currently raise tobacco, corn, wheat, and soybeans on approximately 2,000 acres.Read More


Scott Bockenstedt
Scott is employed by Murphy-Brown’s Rose Hill Division in Rose Hill, N.C. where he oversees all company-owned and managed sow farms along with 15 contract farms. Scott is responsible for managing all cost-related phases of sow production at the farms, including labor and facility upkeep. Read More

George H. Pettus – A Team Player
The swine industry had always worked hard to protect the environment beginning with the Blue Ribbon Commission and then the .0200 regulations. In the early 1990s, with stiffening regulations and heated political pressure and misguided perceptions, integrators recognized the need to have environmental specialists representing their companies. Read More

Tim and Wendy Craig Stand Their Ground
For years, Tim and Wendy Craig had grown corn silage for a large stocker operation. Tim had farmed cattle and various crops with his family and also was part of the 60 year-old family grading business. An extremely dry year in 1993 led to the Craig’s interest in the hog business. “If it had not been for the river-bottom land we rent from my father, we would have come up short on our silage.” explains Tim. “That’s when we began thinking about hog effluent as an alternative to irrigate and fertilize the silage crop.” Read More

Miriam Lewis
Pitt County resident Miriam Lewis has been a pork producer for over 20 years. She and her family own a nursery and finishing operation on contract with Premium Standard Farms. They also raise tobacco, peanuts and cattle". Read More

Michael Inman
Michael Inman of Bladenboro has been involved in pork production all his life. He was reared on a farm in Bladen County where his family grew hogs and grain. After attending UNC-Pembroke, Michael continued to work on the family farm until he joined Prestage Farms in 1991. Read More