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Schoettmer Prime Pork has grown steadily over the years among its 83 acres of green fields in central Indiana. And if you’d ask the owner, first-generation farmer Keith Schoettmer, he’d attribute much of the farm’s success to his laser-like focus on people, both on and off of the farm. Certainly, Schoettmer and his wife, Darla, have seen many changes over the years as they raised their family on the farm. Today, they raise 22,000 pigs annually on the farrow-to-finish farm with the help of eight full-time employees. “I want to help consumers understand the difference between animal welfare and animal rights,” Schoettmer said. “Some people believe that the terms are synonymous, but that’s not the case. Consumers need to know that pig farmers are the ultimate animal welfare professionals.”