FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 5th, 2003

Corporate Contact: 
Dr. David Farnum DVM
PigCHAMP, Inc.
866-774-4242
david.farnum@pigchamp.com

PigCHAMP increases Technology Investment
and introduces Two New Team Members.

Ames, Iowa – May 5, 2003.   PigCHAMP, Inc. the leading swine industry knowledge management company has introduced two new technology team employees as they invest in software development for pork producers and the industry. The expanding technology team is going to continue development of the powerful PigCHAMP software program.
Patricia Gillenwater has joined the PigCHAMP team as Director Software Development; she has over 20 years of software development project management experience with software industry leaders like, Sun Microsystems, Informix/Illustra Software Inc. and Sybase. She will be based out of the PigCHAMP office in Ames, Iowa.

David Hohbach joins the technology department as a PigCHAMP software Developer, he is a graduate of Iowa State University. He has 6 years of software experience specializing in User Interface and will work in the Ames office.

We are pleased to have attracted people with the experience of Patricia and David to our PigCHAMP team and are showing our commitment to developing and launching new products and services to our customers,” says Dr. David Farnum, General Manager of PigCHAMP, Inc. “PigCHAMP software and knowledge products are going to play an important part in helping the pork producer manage the information and knowledge required to address issues like food safety, traceability and value adding identity preservation programs.

For more information, call PigCHAMP, Inc. at 866-774-4242 or go online to www.pigchamp.com to access additional information.

PigCHAMP, Inc. is the leading swine knowledge management company with a wide range of software products and services. It is part of the Farms.com family of companies. Farms.com Ltd. is committed to providing producers with innovative new products and services.