SLEEPY EYE, MINN. – Christensen Farms & Feedlots, Inc. hosted its annual Organizational Awards ceremony on the evening of Thursday, May 1st, 2025 in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. This ceremony recognized the 2024 Christensen Farms Organizational Award winners for their outstanding contributions to the Christensen Farms organization.
The evening was spent honoring individual award recipients and teams with the Christensen Farms Award for Excellence, and four individuals receiving the Bob Christensen Award for Excellence.
This event brought together employees, friends and family from across Christensen Farms’ five Midwest regions, including Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota and Nebraska to appreciate, celebrate and recognize the 2024 Organizational Award winners. These awards recognize individuals and teams within the organization, in every region, who strive to live the mission and values every day, perform at the highest level, consistently exceed expectations and are fully engaged in the business, no matter what role they play in the company, and lastly, how passion drives their purpose for the overall success of their fellow teammates and the business.
2024 Bob Christensen Award for Excellence winners: Paul Cline, Chris Domeier, Natalie Fossen, and Travis Illg
2024 Christensen Farms Award for Excellence winners (in no particular order): Josh Anderson, Keith Belstene, Brett Benedict, Aldo Bertoni Mendoza, Justin Blackburn, Andrew Bormann, Doug Cain, Lars Christianson, Ed Christle, Jeff Clark, Tim Cooling, Itzel Maria Cubedo Garcia, Jayme Enamorado, Ryan Finer, Alejandro Gallegos Garcia, Daniel Gomez Jarillo, Chris Gonderzick, Patty Guggisberg, Adam Herzog, Dustin House, Roger Jackson, Shari Kretsch, Heisler Leines, John Lukasik, John Maas, Jeremiah Mallard, Lisa Marti, Amanda Meyer, Cristina Mortera Mendez, Jesse Odegard, Jose Omar Palacio Mondragon, Megan Pauly, Aquileo Pineda Betancourt, Timothy Posey, Juana Riveria Canela, Irineo Romero Morales, Adriana Santiago Lopez, Eric Schmitt, Amanda Solberg, Franco Jesus Soto Suarez, Kolby Stortenbecker, Dr. Ryan Strobel, Doug Strom, Abby Swenson, Lupe Trevino, Jeremiah Ulferts, Tony VandenBosch, Pedro Verdiguel Morales, Albertson Vergara Corrales
C13 Team: Veronica Gonzalez del Prado, Victor Angel Hernandez Cano, Sandra Guzman Solis, Oscar Jose Moguel Delarbre, Varenia Marquez Rodriguez, Matthew Ekstrom, Eduardo Duran Martinez, Olegario Morales Rosales, Omar Fernando Calderon Ostos
C14 and 24 Team: Isaura Patricia Luna Iniguez, Pedro Demetrio Basilio, Juan Velazquez Monroy, Federico Lopez Morantes, Marco Antonio Sanchez Aguilar, Valentin Nieto Cortez, Beatriz Mayorga Lopez, Herminio Daniel Velasco Anzueto, Yadira Ivon Gomez Ramirez, Eliberta Ruiz Quiroz, Jose Misael Perez Sanchez, Jhonatan Ruiz Morales, Diana Esther, Diaz Aregullin, Kaj Jensen, Mario Torres Aguilar, Victor Manuel Mora Ramirez, Margarita Nunez Perea
Communication Team: Amber Portner, Lilli Lewandowski, Jennifer Aguilar
Flight Department: David Vien, Ryan Skatrud, Jamie Schuman
Nursery Base Mix Team: Sam Hesse, Blair Tostensen, Sam Tauer, Cate Rush, Sam Schaefer, Andrea Guerrero Guzman, Paul Cline
SHIFTUP HCM Team: Amanda Meyer, Jessica Guerra, Natalie Fossen, Becky Miller, Megan Pauly, Bethany Derrickson, Jayme Enamorado, Travis Moser, Doug Cain, Lisa Marti, Abbi Bawden
South Dakota GDU Team: Rigoberto Martinez Hernandez, Luis Ferando Ramirez Garcia, Cuahtemc Romero Urciaga
View full list of winners with their nomination summaries and a photo in English, here: Organizational Awards Ceremony Booklet
Vea la lista completa de ganadores con sus resúmenes de nominación y una foto en español, aquí: Organizational Awards Ceremony Booklet
Christensen Farms Employees can view and download more photos here: Communications Cport Page
About Christensen Farms & Feedlots, Inc.
Christensen Farms is one of the largest, family-owned pork producers in the United States, marketing approximately 3.6 million hogs per year. Headquartered in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, the company operates throughout the Midwest with facilities in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois and South Dakota. Christensen Farms owns four feed mills, manages 140,000 sows on 44 farms, and oversees more than 350 nurseries and grow finish sites. The company employs nearly 1,000 people and maintains 1,500 contract partnerships.
The company is vertically integrated with a strong presence across the pork value chain – from farm to fork. Christensen Farms is the largest shareholder of Triumph Foods LLC, a producer-owned primary pork processing plant in St. Joseph, Missouri. In turn, Triumph Foods members own 50 percent of Daily’s Premium Meats, a specialty pork processor of bacon and other premium pork products. Triumph Foods also holds a 50 percent partnership in Seaboard Triumph Foods, LLC of Sioux City, Iowa, a primary pork processing plant.
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