As the calendar flips to June, American’s will increasingly light the charcoal or fire up gas grills as part of their meal preparation process. Grilling season is prime time for beef as people enjoy the shift to warmer weather. But, as is the case with many sectors of the economy, the coronavirus has thrown some cold water on the beef industry’s fire. Beef packing plants around the country reduced their level of processing due to […]
Adapting to conditions outside of their control is nothing new for people involved in agriculture. Weather conditions, market uncertainty and government actions alter farm management decisions on a regular basis. Global pandemics, though, are uncharted territory. “This is more disruptive than anything we could have possibly imagined,” says JoDee Haala, director of public affairs for Sleepy Eye-based Christensen Farms. The onset of the COVID-19 outbreak and resulting disruptions have impacted nearly every U.S. citizen. Agriculture, […]
It’s no secret that hogs are an important economic driver in southern Minnesota and northern Iowa. Iowa is the number one pork producing state in the U.S. Nearly one-third of the nation’s hogs are raised in Iowa, on one of the state’s more than 6,200 pig farms. Iowa producers marketed almost 48 million hogs in 2018. Minnesota, meanwhile, ranks 2nd in the value and number of market pigs raised. The state’s hog farmers marketed 16.6 […]
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