You want to be a referee?" That was a common response I received when I told people that I was going to pursue an MBA. I explained that I was going to...More
The Ellison Meat Co. exports to Japanese companies brought Gov. Jesse Ventura to town. The spotlight then turned to the local bank.Contrary to recent...More
Helping employees develop their managerial and leadership skills while working on your farm can have some unexpected benefits.Loretta Leman, in charge...More
If you're like most producers, you probably say, "I don't want anything to do with politics; I just want to raise pigs."And, you probably wish everybody...More
Where does odor and the role it plays in human health fit in the hog industry puzzle?Duke University professor Susan Schiffman recently published a report...More
Sometimes you just have to take things into your own hands. And that's exactly what an agriculturally based, grassroots group of about 2,000 did in North...More
"As of April 1998, we have a legislative atmosphere in Nebraska that is more conducive to pork production than what a lot of people had been expecting,"...More
In the beginning, Jim Allison was a veterinarian. Fresh out of college in the 1950s, he dove enthusiastically into his veterinary practice of treating...More
Whenever I'm tempted to write about the growing need for a solid employee workforce in the swine industry, I remember what they say about a rock and a...More
When Murphy Family Farms' new 11,000-sow operation in Oklahoma farrowed its first litters a few weeks ago, you can bet the farm's new employees knew what...More
