Like you, our pig farming families work hard, and they play hard too. A labor of love, pig farming requires proper planning, mindful management, enthusiasm and the desire to constantly improve. These same principles apply to their off-the-farm hobbies, too. DJ Boop, the 27-year-old majority owner of his family’s 450-acre, 4th generation farm in Union County, PA, partners with his Dad to care for more than 24,000 pigs each year. That’s over 5 million pounds of pork served up to our neighbors across the Commonwealth annually!
With such responsibility to the animals, the environment, the community and to consumers like you, one can imagine DJ enjoys some time well spent at his favorite pastime – competitive tractor pulling. At speeds of up to 30 miles per hour and pulling 40,000 pounds of weight (that’s the same as 143 fully grown hogs at market weight), DJ’s top notch pulling tractor carries him down the track to success at competitions across the northeast on a regular basis. He applies many of the principles used in pig farming to his hobby. It’s easy to see – DJ is pulling for the pork industry, even when he’s on a tractor away from the barn, and he has the championship trophies to prove it.