In regards to the Visitor
Mallory Strickland is a graduate of Ohio State College and NC State College. She joined Smithfield Hog Manufacturing in 2010, as a manufacturing trainee from Cardington, Ohio, the place she grew up elevating her personal breeding inventory together with 4-H and FFA present pigs. Presently, she is the animal care program supervisor for Smithfield Hog Manufacturing and oversees the Animal Care Administration System for the corporate and contract farms throughout the nation.
Mallory is chargeable for the interior and third celebration/exterior animal care audits on firm and contract websites. She is the lead for the Animal Care pillar of Smithfield’s Sustainability Influence Report. She serves as Smithfield Hog Manufacturing consultant on the Nationwide Pork Board Widespread Swine Trade Audit Process Drive, PQA Process Drive. Mallory additionally serves on the NC Pork Council convention and producer schooling committee and scholarship committee. She was a participant within the 2024 Pork Management Institute class (PLI). The PLI program is a year-long collaboration hosted by The Nationwide Pork Board (NPB) and Nationwide Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Mallory resides in Warsaw, NC together with her husband, and canines.
What are you able to count on to be taught from this episode of Well-liked Pig?
- Why a sport plan is important when responding to animal welfare considerations—and the way gathering details earlier than reacting can set the tone for an intensive and honest investigation.
- What goes into the “observe earlier than sport day”—from reviewing video footage to prepping logistics and getting the precise workforce aligned (vets, translators, specialists, and so forth.).
- How “boots on the bottom” visits really work, together with strolling each barn and pen, verifying claims, and making certain full transparency all through the method.
- Why documentation and teamwork matter—particularly in defining key phrases like group housing and constructing new instruments like flowcharts to assist others reply the precise approach.
- Mallory’s “Golden Nugget”
