Dennis Grohmann
Dennis devotes his time to the farm's boar stud and Dormstock Farm.
Dennis devotes his time to the farm's boar stud and Dormstock Farm.
Stan Grohmann
Stan makes the grain-farming decisions and maintains the farms's machinery.
Stan makes the grain-farming decisions and maintains the farms's machinery.
Randy Grohmann
Randy organizes the farm's hog flow and supervises the part-time employees.
Randy organizes the farm's hog flow and supervises the part-time employees.
Freddie Grohmann
Freddie focuses on breeding, farrowing and crossfostering at the North Production Unit.
Freddie focuses on breeding, farrowing and crossfostering at the North Production Unit.
Mike Grohmann
Mike spends his time on the phone maintaining customer relationships. He also selects the farm's showhogs.
Mike spends his time on the phone maintaining customer relationships. He also selects the farm's showhogs.
Bob Grohmann
Bob collects and processes semen at the farm's boar stud.
Bob collects and processes semen at the farm's boar stud.
Time and age helped define each brother's specific job role on the farm. "We can all anaylyze hogs and take care of a customer, but not everyone can do that becuase all of the work won't get done," Mike says. "So, each day we would pick what we were going to do, and over time, we just kept doing what we were the best at."
Stan's advantage in age allowed him to work in the field alongside their dad, where he learnedhow to combine and fix machinery, while Mike took care of the hogs. Now, Stan and their cousin, Marion, make all of the grain-farming decisions, and Mike deals one-on-one with customers and selects the farm's showhogs.
Stan also handles the farm's manure management and workds with Randy, who grinds feed, makes local grain delieveries, managers the farm's hog flow and supervises the part-time employees.
Freddie oversees breeding, farrowing and crossfostering at the North Production Unit. He is also th farm's unofficial computer technician, a title he earned by default because his wife, Leslie, teaches an inttroductory computer class.
Dennis works with his son Chad at the sow unit in Dormstock, Illinois, which houses approximately 800 sows.
Bob processes and ships semen at the boar stud, while also helping Freddie at the sow house.
Each brother carries out his specific job responsibility, but if an illness or family emergency causes one brother to miss a day, no work is left undone; there are five other people who know exactly what needs to be accomplished.
Covering from each other when someone misses a day of work isn't the only benefit to having six managers, Mike says. "There are more managers who want to get all of the work done in a day," he says. "More quality work gets done, and better decisions are made."
Stan's advantage in age allowed him to work in the field alongside their dad, where he learnedhow to combine and fix machinery, while Mike took care of the hogs. Now, Stan and their cousin, Marion, make all of the grain-farming decisions, and Mike deals one-on-one with customers and selects the farm's showhogs.
Stan also handles the farm's manure management and workds with Randy, who grinds feed, makes local grain delieveries, managers the farm's hog flow and supervises the part-time employees.
Freddie oversees breeding, farrowing and crossfostering at the North Production Unit. He is also th farm's unofficial computer technician, a title he earned by default because his wife, Leslie, teaches an inttroductory computer class.
Dennis works with his son Chad at the sow unit in Dormstock, Illinois, which houses approximately 800 sows.
Bob processes and ships semen at the boar stud, while also helping Freddie at the sow house.
Each brother carries out his specific job responsibility, but if an illness or family emergency causes one brother to miss a day, no work is left undone; there are five other people who know exactly what needs to be accomplished.
Covering from each other when someone misses a day of work isn't the only benefit to having six managers, Mike says. "There are more managers who want to get all of the work done in a day," he says. "More quality work gets done, and better decisions are made."
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