The Equity offers custom-blended dairy feed in bulk and bags, as well as bagged feed from brand-name suppliers. Our mills use only high-quality ingredients, and our efficient manufacturing process allows us to provide customers with cost-competitive products.
No matter what stage of beef production defines your operation, the Beef Nutrition Specialists at The Equity will help you find a successful nutrition plan.
Our newly constructed, fully automated, state-of-the-art feed mill in Horace gives us the capacity to produce large volumes of custom bulk feed for swine growers across the territory we serve.
The Equity and The Equity Hardware Do It Center are proud to be authorized Show-Rite® Show Feeds dealers. Show-Rite® Show feeds have been a staple in the show livestock industry for many years.
Specialties: Swine Production Partnerships Wade has been with The Equity for seven years. He has been involved in integrated swine production for 21 years working with family partnerships in five states. Wade's current role at The Equity is business development, which includes developing new production partners. He is involved with new production partners from concept to startup, including financing, site selection, alignment with the barn builder, permitting, design and build process. Helping partners through this journey is Wade's passion.
Specialties: Dairy, Calves, & Beef
Specialties: Dairy & Beef
Specialties: Beef, Swine, & Show Feed
Randy joined The Equity in January of 2019. He has been involved pork production for 20 years in Iowa, Illinois, and Minnesota. He enjoys working with producers and team members providing the best possible care for our pigs and looking for creative and innovative ways to produce high quality pork.
Alan has been with The Equity for 13 years, where he is the Logistics Coordinator for the Livestock Department. He is also a third-generation farmer in Effingham County, where he operates a small corn and soybean grain farm as well as manages a 1,000 head feeder-to-finish contract barn, in addition to a 40-show pig sow unit. Alan is involved with Illinois Pork Producers and has been a board member for 11 years. With this involvement, he has been able to stay in touch with state and national rules and laws that affect day-to-day business in the swine industry. Alan believes that expanding into swine is a great way to diversify any farming operation.
Corey has been with The Equity for 4 years, he is the Field Advisor in the Southern Region for the Livestock Department. He is from Marion County, where he spent his youth raising and showing swine in 4-H and FFA. Corey is a graduate of Lake Land College where he studied Ag Production and Management. He has been actively involved in the swine production industry for over 20 years. Corey’s experience prior to joining The Equity include managing a 2,800 head wean to finish facility, in addition to managing a 5,600 head farrow to wean sow facility. Corey enjoys the interaction he has with growers and his greatest satisfaction is helping them achieve successful results.
Drucilla has been with The Equity for three years. Prior to taking over the role of Early Pig Care Specialist in 2018, she worked in agronomy sales for The Equity at Marshall. Drucilla works with producers strictly focusing on getting weaned pigs the proper care they need for a great start. She grew up on a swine finishing operation that was affiliated with The Equity. That operation has since retired, allowing for Drucilla and her brother to build their own swine partnership with The Equity.
Office Extension: 6160 Darwin has been with the Equity for over 30 years. He started his career at The Equity as an Agronomy Salesman, before transitioning to the Feed Department as a Swine & Dairy Feed Salesman. He held this role for 3 years before working as the Swine Consultant for the next 20 years. In 2015 he took on the role of VP of Feed & Livestock. Darwin has spent most of his career facilitating opportunities for independent pork producers, from sourcing weaned pigs, providing nutritional solutions and providing Contract Production Partnerships to grow pigs for The Equity. Darwin believes The Equity can add value to any size animal feeding operation from small to large with three feed mills to serve farmers.
Office Extension: 6159
Office Extension: 6137