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    April 7, 2018
    Rural Worthington farmer Bill Gordon serves on the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association and the American Soybean Association. He said increased tariffs on soybeans delivered to China are having a direct impact on local farmers. (Special to The Globe / MSGA)
    Tariff-ied: Local farmers stand to lose big
    WORTHINGTON — China’s announcement Wednesday of additional 25 percent tariffs on an array of agricultural products imported from the United...
    business/agricultureApril 7, 2018 - 7:01am
    April 12, 2017
    Pigs are seen at a Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer, farm in the United States in this image released on April 11, 2017. Courtesy Smithfield Foods/Handout via REUTERS
    Smithfield makes move on market for pig-human transplants
    CHICAGO - Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer, has established a separate bioscience unit to expand its role in supplying pig...
    newsApril 12, 2017 - 12:37pm
    March 10, 2017
    Oklahoma wildfires kill thousands of pigs at Smithfield, Seaboard farms
    Wildfires devastated a Smithfield Foods Inc hog farm in Laverne, Oklahoma, killing at least several thousand pigs, company and local officials said on Friday, March 10. The exact number of swine killed in the Oklahoma fire, which began on Monday, was not immediately known. Smithfield...
    newsMarch 10, 2017 - 6:56pm
    January 9, 2017
    Pork virus difficult to battle in cold temperatures
    BROOKINGS, S.D. — Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome, also known as PRRS, is a challenging virus for pork producers. According to Russ Daly, South Dakota State University Extension veterinarian, professor and State Public Health Veterinarian, the PRRS virus can be more...
    business/agricultureJanuary 9, 2017 - 8:56pm
    December 14, 2015
    A pig at the 2014 World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa. Reuters
    Hogs fed pig remains, manure to fend off deadly virus return
    WASHINGTON — Animal-nutritionist John Goihl knows Minnesota farmers who feed the remains of dead baby pigs to hogs used for breeding in attempts...
    newsDecember 14, 2015 - 7:51pm
    February 24, 2015
    Gas-fueled pressure washers caused huge hog fire
    TRUMAN — State investigators have concluded that a huge fire that killed more than 12,000 pigs and hogs at a southern Minnesota swine farm was accidental and caused by excessive heat from gas-fueled pressure washers, according to KEYC-TV in Mankato. The State Fire Marshal Division...
    newsFebruary 24, 2015 - 8:44pm
    April 25, 2014
    Brady (left) and Michael Ashby stand by their pen of pigs in rural Adrian.
    Ashby brothers find niche in drug-free hogs
    ADRIAN — It all began with a single sow. Now, brothers Brady and Michael Ashby have a nice market for their drug-free hogs. “We started...
    business/agricultureApril 25, 2014 - 1:59pm
    February 23, 2011
    justine wettschreck/Daily Globe Pools of water and charred debris are left behind after the blaze that destroyed three buildings and killed more than 300 sows Wednesday morning near Ocheyedan, Iowa.
    Fire in Ocheyedan
    OCHEYEDAN, Iowa -- A blaze in Ocheyedan, Iowa, killed more than 300 sows Wednesday morning, with four area departments working for hours to battle...
    newsFebruary 23, 2011 - 6:49pm
    September 3, 2010
    Hog theft halted with citizens' assistance
    LITTLE ROCK, Iowa -- According to information from the Lyon County Sheriff's Office, authorities were informed of a hog theft in progress early Wednesday morning northwest of Little Rock. With the help of concerned citizens, the subjects were followed until law enforcement could stop...
    news/crime-and-courtsSeptember 3, 2010 - 9:10pm
    June 28, 2010
    The Travis Dagel farmsite, southeast of Sibley, Saturday, June 26, 2010, after the previous day's tornado destroyed four confinement barns. (Kari Lucin/Daily Globe)
    Tornado destroys four hog barns near Sibley, Iowa
    Sunday 10:40 update SIBLEY, Iowa -- Dead pigs were scattered and strewn about the Travis Dagel farmsite southeast of Sibley Saturday afternoon,...
    newsJune 28, 2010 - 12:00am
    March 9, 2010
    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. Taking over as president of the organization is Sam Carney, a producer from Adair, Iowa. Doug Wolf,...
    newsMarch 9, 2010 - 12:00am
    January 20, 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. The plant has about 1,500 workers. Sioux City Economic Development Director Marty Dougherty says Mayor Mike Hobart received the...
    newsJanuary 20, 2010 - 9:37am
    November 5, 2009
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    As others see it: U.S hogs will resume China trade
    The Obama administration scored its first major foreign policy victory last week when U.S. trade officials announced from Hangzhou, China, that...
    opinion/editorialsNovember 5, 2009 - 12:00am
    July 18, 2008
    Editorial: A bunch of 'hog' wash
    "It's like rain on your wedding day; It's a free ride when you've already paid ..." -- "Ironic," Alanis Morissette There are no lines in this mid-'90s hit about hogs at Worthington's JBS Swift and Co. plant, but there well could be after Wednesday's events. "We did suspend our...
    opinionJuly 18, 2008 - 12:00am
    July 17, 2008
    Alleged inhumane act shuts down JBS Swift kill floor
    WORTHINGTON -- Hundreds of squealing hogs sat in trailers in the blazing heat Wednesday while truckers wondered when the kill floor at JBS Swift and Co. would re-open. With little information from the plant, the truckers who waited with their loads were angry and disgusted. "I've...
    newsJuly 17, 2008 - 12:00am
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