Al Wulfekuhle lives on Lake Delhi in east central Iowa, he is the owner of G&W Pork, a farrow-finish operation that markets around 50,000 pigs per year to Tyson Foods. Al also farms 640 acres of corn and soybeans. Al has business experience in managing farrow to finish pig farms and providing pork industry consulting and is a past President of the Iowa Pork Producers Association and is now serving as Past President of the National Pork Board.
Al has a passion for improving pig production and health, creating more long term demand for pork and assisting others to be successful in the pig industry. He has served on numerous IPPA, NPB and Iowa State University research projects, advisory boards, committees, and task forces. Al and his wife Kathy have 3 married children, all very successful in their careers outside of the pork industry and 9-grandchildren. His personal hobbies are traveling, physical fitness and spending time with family and friends.
What can you expect to learn from this episode of Popular Pig?- How Al Wulfekuhle built a hog operation from 45 gilts starting in 1979 and grew through both good times and hard ones.
- How relationships and trust helped Al move forward when lenders said no on a barn loan.
- Why some of the toughest times in pork production created the biggest opportunities for growth and leadership.
- Why pork demand became a top priority after 2023 and how the domestic marketing campaign took shape.
- Al’s “Golden Nugget”
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