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SPRINGFIELD, ILL. On behalf of the Illinois Pork Producers Association (IPPA), Josh Matli of Raymond has been presented with the inaugural Animal Caregiver award at the 2020 Illinois Pork Expo and Annual Meeting.

This recognition was created to honor those who exhibit outstanding work ethic in the barn and exceptional care to their animals. Boehringer Ingelheim
has graciously sponsored this recognition. Josh, and wife Jennifer, currently live in rural Raymond with their two daughters JoBeth and Jenna. Matli is a sow farm manager for Borgic Farms in Nokomis. This farm has 10,000 sows that produce piglets for their grower partners.

He has been with the Borgic team for 17 years. His career began as a high school student through the work study program. He then obtained an associate degree in agriculture from Lincoln Land Community College before returning to the farm fulltime. For the past 12 years, Josh has been dedicated to his role as farm manager. He oversees 32 fulltime employees plus 5 part-time student team members. He also manages an off-site gilt developer unit as well as their truck wash.

Josh comes to the farm every day prepared to do the best he can for his girls (sows) and their pigs, shares Phil Borgic, Borgic Farms. His passion for livestock and people is abundant, and we are proud to have him on our team.
During a recent expansion from 7,200 to 10,000 sows, Josh was able to keep his team focused and maintain goals. He has the ideal people skills and personality to work with a large team daily. So much, that his passion has instilled aspirations in others to become farm managers, too.