Maschhoff named Illinois Pork president

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Josh Maschhoff was named the 2025 Illinois Pork Producers Association president at the organization’s annual meeting.

Maschhoff, of Nashville in southern Illinois, was raised on his family’s pork farm in rural Clinton County, and completed his undergraduate education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He earned his master of science and master of business administration degrees from Purdue and Indiana universities, respectively.

As part of the sixth-generation of the family business, Maschhoff has worked the last 17 years in roles focused on environmental sustainability, animal housing, and production operations.

He currently leads a dedicated team of passionate pig people on sow farms and production partner finishers in southern Illinois and Missouri with a purpose of feeding people and building communities.

He and his wife, Angela, own a 4,800-head, wean-to-finish farm, and have four sons, Kyler, Brayson, Zander and Huxton.

Also elected to the officer team by IPPA delegates for 2025 were Katie Brown, Morrisonville, vice president/treasurer; and Randy Kuker, Clinton, secretary.