As Manager of Live Production Purchasing and Nutrition at Jennie-O Turkey Store, Josh is responsible for the procurement of all feed ingredients for six company owned feed mills. He establishes and executes price risk management strategies and manages a team of purchasing experts who are responsible for souring all supplies required to raise turkeys including bedding, energy, facility supplies, and medications. Josh oversees all permitting, property management, litter sales and complicance to manure managemetn plans.
As a MTGA board member, Josh seeks to foster and support the turkey industry in Minnesota. His experience at Jennie-O, helping growers raise turkeys, working with crop farmers to source feed and working with the MPCA on manure management plans will provide the board an additional layer of thought and knowledge as the organizations works to move the industry forward.