Diane DeWitte serves as a UMN Extension Educator focused on swine.  She works with pig farmers and related industry to resolve issues surrounding pig farm management, reproduction, and health.  Recent projects include Foreign Animal Disease preparedness, biosecurity plan development, quality assurance certification education and organic pig production research.   DeWitte grew up on an Indiana livestock & grain farm and was educated at Purdue University.  She has several years’ experience managing a pig farm in central Indiana and previously served with Purdue Extension.