Black, Neal F.

Neal F. Black began his career as a reporter (1949-1953) and then farm editor (1953-1957) for the Waterloo Daily Courier (Iowa). He was managing editor of the National Hog Farmer from 1957-1973, when he became the magazine's editor, a position he held through 1979. From 1980 to 1988 he served as president of the Livestock Conservation Institute, an organization which works to promote methods of livestock management to prevent losses reducing the value of livestock and animal products. Black also served as secretary of the National Pork Industry Conference and chair of the Hog Cholera Eradication Committee of the Livestock Conservation Institute.