Podcast appearances and mentions of Wendell H Murphy

Wendell Holmes Murphy was born September 23, 1938, to Holmes & Lois King Murphy of Rose Hill, North Carolina, and is the brother of Harry Daniel (Pete) Murphy and the late Joyce Murphy Minchew. Wendell was raised in Duplin County on a farm in the Registers Crossroads area. He graduated from Rose Hill High School in 1957, received his Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural education from North Carolina State University in 1960 and taught vocational agriculture for five years in Green and Duplin counties. Wendell is married to Linda Godwin Murphy from Spivey's Corner in Sampson County. They have four children; Wendell Holmes (Dell) Murphy, Jr, Wendy Murphy Crumpler, Cindy Hairr Bass, and Wesley Hairr. They have seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Wendell Holmes Murphy was born September 23, 1938, to Holmes & Lois King Murphy of Rose Hill, North Carolina, and is the brother of Harry Daniel (Pete) Murphy and the late Joyce Murphy Minchew. Wendell was raised in Duplin County on a farm in the Registers Crossroads area. He graduated from Rose Hill High School in 1957, received his Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural education from North Carolina State University in 1960 and taught vocational agriculture for five years in Green and Duplin counties. Wendell is married to Linda Godwin Murphy from Spivey’s Corner in Sampson County. They have four children; Wendell Holmes (Dell) Murphy, Jr, Wendy Murphy Crumpler, Cindy Hairr Bass, and Wesley Hairr. They have seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The post Boss Hog: How Leadership and Collaboration Drive Innovation | Wendell H. Murphy appeared first on Popular Pig.

“If I had a crystal ball, I think we are going to see a lot of animal scientists and tech companies trying to solve problems together. I cannot make an algorithm; I am an animal scientist so I think there is a lot of room for collaboration.” – Dr. Ashley DeDecker. Today’s episode will cover “Impactful, repeatable, and applied research in swine production”. Our guest is Dr. Ashley DeDecker, the Director of Production Research for Smithfield’s Hog Production Division, B.S. in Animal Science at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale and Ph.D. in swine behavior and stress physiology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. What you will learn: Commercial research, field trial, trial, and “try it”; How to calculate the impact of research and profit across the system; The research prioritization matrix; Top research objectives for the long-term; What separates successful swine professionals from those that are not. Ashley’s favorite swine-related book: Boss Hog: The Legacy of Wendell H. Murphy Ashley’s favorite book unrelated to swine: Dan Brown’s books Edited by Lauro Faccin

Much of Part 3 of Biographical Conversations with Wendell Murphy focuses on the challenges confronting Mr. Murphy during the later part of his tenure as chief executive officer of Murphy Family Farms. By now the top hog-producing company in the nation, the Murphy enterprise was on the front line of any controversy surrounding the effects of the industry upon the environment. In a 1995 series of reports, the Raleigh News and Observer investigated that topic. It also examined Wendell Murphy’s career as a legislator, and suggested that the hog-farming entrepreneur used his political influence to loosen environmental restrictions on agriculture laws. The N&O reports won a Pulitzer Prize. It also had a tremendous personal impact on Wendell Murphy.

Born on a small family farm in Eastern North Carolina during the midst of the Great Depression, Wendell Murphy learned the merits of hard work from his father, Norman Holmes Murphy. "Somehow it was ingrained at in him that he had to work almost every day, all day long, at something,"Wendell Murphy says of his father. "He didn’t want to do things the easy way."