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Preisler Wins Paulson-Whitmore Award, Reflects on 28-Year Pork Career

In 2022, Dave Preisler retired from a successful 28-year career leading the Minnesota Pork Producers Association and advancing Minnesota’s agricultural community. On March 13, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and National Pork Board awarded Preisler with the distinguished Paulson-Whitmore State Executive Award for his exceptional leadership and commitment to advancing the pork industry.

“Receiving this award is really humbling, especially as you look at the list of people who have received it before,” Preisler says. “That list is filled with people that I have looked up to over the years and considered many of them as my mentors. Again, I am incredibly thankful and can’t think of better people to work with and to work for.”

Growing up in northwestern Minnesota, Preisler’s passion was sparked early in life by educators and programs like FFA. He started his career as a high school agriculture teacher before transitioning to the University of Minnesota Extension, where he developed relationships that would shape his lifelong advocacy for farmers.

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