Kevin Rasmussen

National Pork Board

The Rasmussen family farm, Owl Lake Production Company near Goldfield, is operated by Kevin, his wife Lisa, and son, Joel. They grow about 1,100 acres of corn and soybeans using conservation measures such as strip-till. Humboldt County doesn’t have an organized pork association, so the Rasmussens have taken it upon themselves to promote pork and the industry in the county and tell their story to civic groups and other organizations.

Kevin became a member of the IPPA Board of Directors in 2018, when he was elected by pig farmers in his area to represent them as the District 2 Director. He became a member of the executive committee in 2019 and was appointed as president of Iowa Pork Producers Association in 2022. Kevin has also chair IPPA's public relations and public policy committees. He is a Master Pork Producer, and the Iowa Farm Bureau once named Kevin and Lisa the state’s Outstanding Young Farm Couple.

In 2018, Rasmussen was a national finalist for the National Pork Board's Pig Farmer of the Year. He studied agriculture and farm operations at Iowa State University.