My Path To LSB
Some time ago, I stumbled across the Libertyville Savings Bank’s blog via the links from the Keosauqua Sale Barn’s website. Since then, I've periodically checked back to see if Blain had written anything interesting. In mid January of this year as I was considering whether to accept a job offer to come to work at LSB, I came back to the blog page wondering, “what would I write my blog about?” I was born and raised in rural Jefferson County. My dad raised feeder pigs and sold livestock feed for most of my childhood. I participated in the 4-H program in Jefferson County taking pigs to the local county fair each year. As a kid on the farm, doing chores helped establish a work ethic that would help me be successful down the road. It also instilled a passion for working with livestock that will be with me for a lifetime. As I was finishing up high school in the late 90’s, the hog industry changed at a rapid pace. Vertical integration within the industry pushed small hog produ