Latest News From Minnesota

The Minnesota Pork Board recognized Jim Veldkamp’s farm transfer of ownership to the Kracht family as this year’s Family of the Year award recipient.

From farm overalls to dress suits, Rep. Rod Hamilton spent his career reaching a respectful hand out across party lines to find solutions for Minnesota farmers.

The Minnesota Pork Board recognizes Adam Ziemke of Waseca, Minnesota, as this year’s Swine Manager of the Year award recipient.

This year's Minnesota Pork Board Distinguished Service award recipient, Reuben Bode, embodies everything pure and good that pork producers stand for.

Three Florida men have been arrested for stealing semi-loads of frozen beef and pork from packing plants across the Midwest since June 2021.

The Minnesota Pork Board shares their new vision for more sustainable pork production with tracking by the On-Farm Sustainability Reports program.

From a lifetime of hog farming to educating youth on the industry to serving a board members of the local, state, or national pork association, North Carolina and Minnesota recognizes these leading individuals.

With decades of culinary experience that spans the country, Minnesota's Pork Promoter of the year, Chef Charlie Torgerson says, “I love to show people there’s more to pork than just a shoulder, bacon and ribs.”

A true advocate for the state's pig farmers and rural America, the Minnesota Pork Board recognizes Rep. Collin Peterson as the first Legislator of Distinction award recipient.

Four new members of the Minnesota Pork Board of Directors were elected to represent the state's 3,000 pig farming families.

Minnesota Rep. Jim Hagedorn, a member of the House Committee on Agriculture, introduced legislation titled the “Livestock Producer Assistance for COVID-19 Damages Act."

Alyssa Betlach, DVM, balances a new career as a veterinarian while pursuing her Ph.D. in the Veterinary Population Medicine Department at the University of Minnesota. Here's what she's working on.

Four individuals were elected to serve on the Minnesota Pork Board Executive Board at the Minnesota Pork Board’s annual meeting in Minneapolis.

The Minnesota Pork Board selected Logan Tesch of Sibley County as the 2019-2020 Minnesota Pork Ambassador.

New Fashion Pork's newest feed mill will employ 10 people and produce 150,000 tons of feed a year.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota in collaboration with the Minnesota Pork Board would like to learn more about how quality of water supplied to nursery pigs might affect their health and performance.

From poultry to pigs, Yuan-Tai Hung explores the influence of fiber on pig performance.

Pork Perspectives provides business and leadership strategy tips from some of the pork industry’s finest. Meet John Eggert, chief development officer for Topigs Norsvin.

Pork Perspectives provides business and leadership strategy tips from some of the pork industry’s finest. Meet John Eggert, chief development officer for Topigs Norsvin.

Distracted Driving Awareness Month has a new poster child.

The Minnesota State Fair and State Fair Foundation honored an innovator and leader in the swine industry Tuesday by officially naming the fair’s swine barn the Robert A. Christensen Pavilion.

Meet Marjorie Schleper, a fresh, new voice of the pork industry who combines innovative thought and work ethic with scientific savvy and a passion to make a difference. 

The Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) supports a near real-time monitoring system for swine diseases around the world. The UMN Spontaneous reporting tool is now available to report information on outbreaks.

Manure that moves off target can decrease productivity and increase the risk of impairing local bodies of water. This tool helps applicators in four Midwest states determine the best time to apply.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is willing to pay farmers $1,000 per acre to leave corn rows standing near highways in an effort to control blowing snow in the winter.

Winter manure applications in Michigan can be very beneficial for farmers and the environment if managed to reduce risk of runoff.

A NBA team owner is getting into the pork business. 

Minnesota producers braved frigid temperatures to attend the 2016 Minnesota Pork Congress at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Attendees were greeted with new products on display by more than 150 exhibitors and valuable educational sessions designed to help them deal with new regulations, troublesome viruses, and a changing industry.

Minnesota Board of Animal Health and the Minnesota Pork Producers announced new program designed to help identify PRRS and PEDv.

Alan Juhnke, of Willmar, Minn., will become executive director of the Nebraska Pork Producers Association.

An animal rights group is calling on prosecutors to file criminal charges against workers and managers at a southwestern Minnesota hog farm.

State investigators have concluded an investigation into a huge fire that killed more than 12,000 pigs and hogs at a southern Minnesota swine farm.

The massive blaze, which broke out Saturday afternoon at Cougar Run Farm near Truman, killed 11,000 sows and piglets, according to Pipestone System CEO Luke Minion.