Meat Quality / Quality Assurance Intern
Farmland Foods – Denison, IA
May 17, 2010 to August 5, 2010
CRYSTAL WAGNER
FARMLAND FOODS
Founded in 1959
 Plants in IA, NE, MO, IL, KS
 Purchased by Smithfield Foods in 2003

 Also
purchased John Morrell, Cooks, Butterball,
Premium Farms, Stadler’s Country Ham

Produces high quality fresh pork products, and
processed meat products.
 Commonly
known for bacon, sausage, hams
INTERNSHIP ACQUISITION


Email from academic
advisor
Interactions with HR at
CALS Career Fair and
RMC
COMPETITORS

Cargill Meat Solutions
 Pork
plants located in Wapello County IA and
Beardstown, IL

Tyson
 Pork
plants located in Storm Lake, Waterloo, Perry,
Louisa County, Logansport, IN
INTERNSHIP DESCRIPTION

Meat Quality
 Assist
with data collection and tracking of
Commercial Test Herd pigs
 Quality
analysis pH, visual and instrumental color,
marbling, firmness scores

Quality Assurance
 Learn
how to audit production lines
 Rework auditing systems on boneless loins, and
Boston shoulders
INTERNSHIP COORDINATOR

Dr. Roger Johnson
 Farmland
Foods Technical Services Supervisor
 2000
– Present
 Works on collecting data on the Commercial Test Herd
and conducting meat quality research with Farmland and
academia.

Mike Gaspers
 Quality
Assurance Supervisor
 Works
on building specifications, audits, and controlling
the auditing systems
INITIAL EXPECTATIONS

Hands on experiences in the plant
 Working
side by side with the QA’s
 Running hourly quality checks

Less time in the office and less sorting
paperwork
PROFESSIONAL BENEFITS
Improved communication skills
 Built great working relationships
 Lots of networking opportunities
 Continuous creative thinking
 Consumer perceptions

HOW TO JOIN THE FARMLAND TEAM
Stop by the booth at Career Fair
 Submit resumes to Wendi Guiot or Kiesha Elix
wrguiot@farmland.com or klelix@farmland.com
 Email me with questions or concerns

 Crystal
Wagner
 crywags@iastate.edu
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
QUESTIONS?