Swine industry and social media: waste of time or key to the future? - Tork Whisler
Apr 25, 2021
"𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵." - 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗿
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:
1. Changes in constructing hog buildings;
2. Biggest challenges from sharing a story on social media;
3. Advice on how to tell your story;
4. The most frequently asked question about swine production;
5. The use of technologies.
𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Tork Whisler is a fifth-generation farmer from Washington, IA. In addition to their contract finishing and grain operation, Tork spent 15 years in the swine construction business with Precision Structures Inc., first as a service technician and then as a salesman. He left PSI in 2015 to assume a management role with Eichelberger Farms. Recently, Tork returned to the farm full time with his son Sawyer.
