Brandon Warren of Brandon Farms, Newton Grove, NC

This week’s featured farmer is Brandon Warren. Brandon farms with his father, brother, uncle and cousin. The five men are partners in Warren Farming Company in Newton Grove, NC. They farm 6,500 acres of row crops, raise a large beef cattle herd and operate a farrow-to-finish hog operation with 3,300 sows.

Brandon is involved in all aspects of the farm, but he has spent a majority of his time for the last few years managing the hog operation. Brandon is a 1998 graduate of NC State University with a degree in agricultural business management. He has previously served on the NC Soybean Producers board, and is currently on the board of directors for the NC Cotton Producers Association and a Board Member for the North Carolina Pork Council.