Hoffman owns and operates Lazy Hog Farm, a 1,200-sow farrow to finish farm, with more than 700 baby pigs born each week. Hoffman raises 30,000 market hogs each year in Juniata and Mifflin counties. He also owns and operates Lazy Chick Farm, raising 250,000 chickens annually. In 2019, he was named America’s Pig Farmer of the Year by the National Pork Board.
Hoffman was elected as the ninth President of Pennsylvania Farm Bureau in 2022. As President he also serves as the chair of the Pennsylvania Friends of Agriculture Foundation, a charitable organization supported by Pennsylvania Farm Bureau. Additionally, Hoffman was elected to American Farm Bureau Federations Board of Directors in January of 2023.
Hoffman was selected to serve on Pennsylvania Farm Bureau’s State Board of Directors in 2006 and was selected to serve on the board’s Executive Committee in 2008.
He was chosen to serve as Pennsylvania Farm Bureau’s Vice President in 2014. In 2013, Hoffman was selected to lead a new committee within Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, the Agriculture Promotion Committee, which encourages local programs that engage consumers with agriculture, and also raises money for the Pennsylvania Friends of Agriculture Foundation.
Hoffman has a long history of leadership at the county level, having served as vice president and president of Juniata County Farm Bureau.
He previously chaired Pennsylvania’s Nutrient Management Advisory Board and is a past board director of the Pennsylvania Pork Producers Council. He is also a member of PennAg Industries Association, Pennsylvania State Grange and Fayette Township Fire Co.
Hoffman farms in McAlisterville with his son, Christian.
Along with spending time with family, in his few hours of leisure time, Hoffman likes to golf, fish, hunt and play indoor soccer and flag football.