Mike Tokach

University Distinguished Professor|Practical swine nutrition research

Growing up on a diversified livestock and grain farm in North Dakota taught Dr. Mike Tokach many of the practical day-to-day problems that livestock producers can encounter. In his position as a swine extension specialist and researcher, Mike has the opportunity to help producers solve those problems. Following completion of a bachelor degree in Animal Science at North Dakota State University in 1986, Mike earned a Masters degree in swine nutrition at Kansas State University in 1988. After completing his doctorate in swine nutrition at the University of Minnesota in March 1991, Mike joined the faculty at K-State. Mike's focus is transferring information to swine producers and conducting practical nutrition research. He is a member of a highly productive Applied Swine Nutrition Team. Mike has presented invited seminars at over 350 animal and veterinary science meetings around the world. Mike has co-authored 434 refereed journal papers, 738 abstracts, 1,141 extension publications and field day reports, and 11 book chapters. Mike and his colleagues have generated over $22 million in grants and gifts to Kansas State University to support swine research. Mike was named one of the 50 people that have made the greatest impact on the swine industry in the last 50 years by the National Hog Farmer Magazine. Mike’s wife, Lisa, also specializes in swine as a veterinarian in the Abilene Animal Hospital. Mike and Lisa have three children, Sage, Rogan, and Fiona