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Pork Producers Root Out Market Niche With Berkshire Pigs

Pork producers looking for more financial stability than the commodity market affords are trying their luck with specialty hog breeds. These pigs,... Raising pork can be a tough business for producers ...
Westword

It’s okay to make a pig of yourself at The Berkshire

Berkshire chef Woodie Thomas shows off a bacon flight. The Berkshire, which Andy Ganick opened in December in Stapleton, is all about the pig. It’s named, of course, after the most famous of the ...
Post-Bulletin

Barrow show is where hog breeders meet

AUSTIN, Minn. — Auctioneers extolled the virtues of the hogs before them in the auction ring as they tried to extract higher bids for the breeding stock sold at the National Barrow Show sale. Ryan ...
Post-Bulletin

Hog producers eye older breeds of tastier pork

KERKHOVEN, Minn. (AP) -- The young hogs oinking away as they pressed up to the gate of the finishing barn are a source of pride for Ruth and Jeff Goldenstein. The pigs scatter as the couple's dog, ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

In hunt for tastier pork, hog producers eye older breeds

KERKHOVEN, Minn. (AP) -- The young hogs oinking away as they pressed up to the gate of the finishing barn are a source of pride for Ruth and Jeff Goldenstein. The pigs scatter as the couple's dog, ...