HOGS
Liepold, Spronk keep NPPC seats
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Pork Producers Council elected new officers and members to its board of directors during its annual business meeting March 4-6, in Kansas City, Mo.By Daily Globe , March 09, 2010
Russia to open markets to US pork again
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack announced here March 5 that Russia has agreed to reopen its markets to U.S. pork and pork products.By Jerry Hagstrom , March 08, 2010
Mo. plaintiffs awarded $11 million in hog odor lawsuit
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A jury has awarded more than $11 million to 15 plaintiffs in a lawsuit over the odors from a Premium Standard Farms hog operation in northern Missouri.March 05, 2010
Deadline looms for hog producer to meet decree
PRINCETON, Mo. — About 1,500 residents of northern Missouri have attended a meeting about an upcoming deadline for Premium Standard Farms to make environmental improvements.By Associated Press , February 23, 2010
Pigs pose problems
By Lisa Call , February 19, 2010
Fire heavily damages rural Olivia hog barn
OLIVIA — A fire Thursday night heavily damaged a hog barn and killed a few hogs at a farm located on U.S. Highway 71, about two miles south of the Kandiyohi County-Renville County line.February 13, 2010
Fire heavily damages rural Olivia, Minn., hog barn
OLIVIA, Minn. — A fire Thursday night heavily damaged a hog barn and killed a small number of hogs at a farm located on U.S. Highway 71, about two miles south of the Kandiyohi County-Renville County line.By Forum Communications Co. report , February 12, 2010
Morrell plant to close in Sioux City
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sioux City officials say the John Morrell & Co. meatpacking plant, one of the city’s largest employers, will close this spring.January 20, 2010
As others see it: U.S hogs will resume China trade
By Bemidji Pioneer , November 05, 2009
Leroy and Debby Buse honored for conservation work
October 28, 2009
Hog producer sees opportunity in N.D.
A former president of the National Pork Producers Council says the economic recession and the swine flu scare are holding back expansion of large hog operations in North Dakota.By Grand Forks Herald , May 17, 2009
Hog farmers buying N.D. slaughter plant
Hog farmers in the Upper Midwest and Canada’s prairie provinces plan to buy majority interest in a North Dakota slaughter plant, in what one official calls a historic moment for the region’s pork industry.By Blake Nicholson The Associated Press , January 23, 2008
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