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“Hosting these meetings
has helped build a team
environment between
the staff at both sow
farms, as well as improve
communication, Nathan
said.”
In addition to increased communication, Nathan
and team have embraced improvement, constantly
looking for ways to improve.
Nathan believes “a positive attitude, with trust
in people and the Lord is key.”
Dr. Scott VanderPoel, Pipestone Veterinarian
working with ProPork, believes “Nathan has a
teamwork mentality, focusing on young growth.
Noticing a disconnect between staff members,
Nathan has been grounding his own coffee and
hosting daily meetings over coffee.
“I started looking at the numbers, learning how to
improve,” Nathan said. “Focusing on production
and health, the team has focused their efforts on
dollars per pound of gain, medication host per
head, and margin over feed cost.”
To track this, ProPork utilizes MetaFarms through
Pipestone Business’ FarmStats service offering, to
capture accurate data on-farm and benchmarked
across like-minded producers.
“The goal is never ending,” Nathan said. “Always
working on improving. In 10 years, I want to look
back and see how successful we have been for the
20+ years before that.”
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