Howard Hill, DVM

Howard Hill, a past president of NPPC, is a DVM with Iowa Select Farms. Previously, he was Director of Veterinary Services and Multiplication for Murphy Family Farms in Rose Hill, N.C., and head of veterinary microbiology in the Iowa State University Diagnostic Laboratory. In addition to his presidency, Hill has served on several committees and co-chaired the Environmental Policy Committee during his many years on the NPPC Board of Directors. He is also on the Board of the Iowa Pork Producers and chairs its Research Committee and Contract Growers Committee.

Dr. Hill owns a sow farrow-to-finish farm, which produces breeding stock for Danbred USA, and partners with his son on the family farm where they have a purebred Angus herd and 2,500 acres of row crops. A native of southern California, he earned his bachelor’s and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degrees from the University of California-Davis. He received his Master’s degree and Ph.D. in veterinary microbiology from Iowa State University.