Producing Quality Show Pigs Today For Champions Tomorrow

Howdy! Welcome to Doege and Sparks Farms! We are a family business with 5 people dedicated to raising both successful pigs and kids. We have an amazing ambition and passion to continue to grow the farm to be even more successful than the 14 champions/ reserve champions raised last year. We are proud of where we come from, whether it's Tim's hard work in raising placing pigs back in the 70's-80's, Kathy's childhood challenge of feeding her father's pigs, Jessica's ambition to sell show pigs at the early age of 13, Kelsey's devotion to trying to out show Jessica in the show ring, or Kevin's commitment to his pigs almost getting him suspended from high school defending their honor.

It all started back in 1994 when Tim took his 8 year old daughter Jessica to by her first 3 show pigs. After a successful year, they chose to raise their own litter of Chester gilts. Through the years, more breeds were added in addition to increasing the farm size. In 1998, daughter Kelsey picked out her first Duroc gilt- a new breed for the growing farm. Over the years, Tim, Kathy, and their girls enjoyed raising and showing pigs so much- they ventured to try every breed and increased the sow herd to approximately 25 sows by 2006.

In 2006 while attending Texas A&M University, Jessica fell in love with fellow aggie Kevin who coincidentally enjoyed raising and showing pigs throughout his 4-H and FFA years too. After purchasing gilts from the Doege's Farm, Kevin decided to start raising show pigs again. After the 2 animal science graduates married in 2008, both farms were merged to create Doege and Sparks Farms raising 40-50 litters per year. In December 2010, Kevin and Jessica had their daughter Kylie who will carry on the tradition and currently owns a Chester and spot gilt purchased in March.