We Caught up with Bryan Rodibaugh of Tru Genetics, breeder of the 3rd Overall Crossbred Barrow at the 2023 National Jr Summer Spectacular. Check out Tru Genetics Breeder Spotlight below…

Breeding/Pedigree/Genetics of your champion:
Toe 2 Toe x 15-5(Kingpin x Curtain Call)
The 15 litter sow is one of the potent 15 litter Kingpin females from HH.
Toe 2 Toe is a boar we raised and house here at TRU.
Genetically the Hoge barrow is a 3/4 sib to the 3rd overall crossbred gilt ‘22 Indiana State Fair.

If you could add one thing to your operation what would it be?
New (larger) gestation barn. Growth is great but comes with some space limitations making it a challenge to manage sows and develop gilts.

How many sows do you have?
100 +/-

Favorite ear notch?
2-9

Something you miss about the “good ole days”
Live pig sales in April