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Hog Barn Fire In Henderson Kills 250 Pigs
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A barn housing around 400 hogs caught fire early Sunday morning. Roughly 250 hogs were killed. Henderson Fire Chief Brandon Phillips said crews were called to the fire around 4:30...
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Minn. Farmer To Testify On MF Global Collapse
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Minnesota farmer told a Senate panel Tuesday he wants to know what became of $253,000 of his money that’s gone missing in the collapse of commodities trading firm MF Global Inc....
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Pork Industry Moves To Group Pens At Great Cost
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As pork producers build new barns and retrofit old ones to give hogs more space, they say consumers opposed to keeping pregnant sows in tight cages can expect to pay for their...
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Saints Take Aim At Kardashian With Mascot Names
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Another Kardashian romance with Minnesota roots? Well, not exactly. The St. Paul Saints are having some fun at the expense of hometown basketball star Kris Humphries and his...
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As Swine Flu Spreads, Fairs Take Precautions
FARMINGTON, Minn. (WCCO) – Government health leaders have a message for people planning to visit a county or state fair: be careful if you pet the pigs. The Centers for Disease Control says it’s...
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Swine Flu Concerns Rise As State Fair Draws Near
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — There are some new concerns Wednesday morning regarding a new strain of swine flu that’s already sickened more than 160 people across the country this summer. It could impact...
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2 Cases Of New Swine Flu Strain Reported In Minn.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — Health officials say that the new strain of swine flu that’s already sickened more at least 200 people in eight states this summer is now in Minnesota. The Minnesota Department...
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Should The State Fair Swine Barn Close?
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Two days before the Minnesota State Fair, a top health expert says the pig barn should be closed. That’s because a new strain of swine flu has made it to Minnesota. Doctors...
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Biden In Minneapolis: Wall St. Reform Critics ‘Squealing Pigs’
MINNEAPOLIS (AP/WCCO) — Vice President Joe Biden is defending the Obama administration’s efforts to reform Wall Street — and comparing Republican critics of the law to “squealing pigs.” Biden told a...
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Pig Exposure At State Fair Linked To Three Human Cases Of Influenza
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – According to the Minnesota Department of Health, three people are believed to have developed a strain of influenza known as variant H1N2 (H1N2v) after exhibiting pigs or...
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Teenage Boy Becomes Minn.’s 4th Swine Flu Case
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP/WCCO) — The Minnesota Department of Health has linked another case of a new swine flu strain to the Minnesota State Fair. According to MPR, a teenage boy developed a flu-like...
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High Corn Prices Could Make Bacon More Expensive
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A shortage down on the farm could lead to a price spike for a popular breakfast-time staple. This summer’s record drought has hurt many crops like corn. And pigs eat corn, making...
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Target To Phase Out Pork From Cramped Sow Pens
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Target Corp. is the latest major food company to tell its pork suppliers to phase out the use of cramped stalls for confining pregnant sows. The Minneapolis-based discounter, the...
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150-Plus Pigs Killed In South Minn. Barn Fire
(credit: Albert Lee Tribune) CONGER, Minn. (WCCO) — Approximately 180 pigs have been killed in a Conger, Minn. barn fire Tuesday morning. The fire occurred at the Ron Kruger farm. Firefighters from...
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About 1,000 Pigs Died In Eastern Iowa Blaze
COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say about 1,000 pigs died in a fire at an eastern Iowa hog containment operation. The fire was reported about 1 p.m. Friday at Mipa Hog Farms, which sits...
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Undercover Video Shows Alleged Mistreatment Of Minn. Pigs
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A California-based animal rights group is calling on Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, to stop buying pork from a Minnesota producer. Mercy For Animals went undercover at a...
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Virus Kills 7,000 Minn. Pigs
GOOD THUNDER, Minn. (WCCO) – An illness that only affects pigs is making its way across the Midwest, including here in Minnesota. The Porcine Epidemic Virus (P.E.D.) killed more than 7,000 pigs at a...
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Supervalu Pressures Farmers To End Use Of Pig Pens
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — One of the country’s largest grocery companies is joining others who are pressuring pork suppliers to stop using restrictive gestation crates for their pigs. Supervalu says...
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USDA Orders Farms To Report Pig Virus Infections
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Farms stricken with a deadly pig virus must report outbreaks as part of a new program to help monitor and possibly control the spread of the disease, the federal government announced...
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Good Question ‘Reply All’: Windshields, Fruit Stickers & Mosquito Bites
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Brad from Watertown wants to know: Why are there dots on our windshields? Our friends from Abra Auto Body and Glass helped us with this one. Basically those dots are there to stop...
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Minn. Pork Producers Brace For Winter After Last Year’s Deadly Piglet Virus
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota pork producers have had to adjust after a deadly porcine epidemic diarrhea virus killed seven million piglets. David Preisler, executive director at Minnesota Pork Board,...
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Pork Prices Dropping As Hogs Recover From Virus
http://media.minneapolis.cbslocal.com/CBSMIN_20150127232533337AA.mp4 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Bacon lovers will be happier when they check out at the grocery store. Prices are going down. They had...
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Judge Rejects Farm Groups’ Lawsuit To Keep EPA Data Private
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit by two major farm groups that sought to block the release of data on large livestock farms in Minnesota and Iowa. The American Farm Bureau...
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A Minn. State Fair Tradition: The ‘Miracle Of Birth Center’ Returns
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (WCCO) — The Minnesota State Fair is all about tradition. Every year, you probably have Sweet Martha’s Cookies, the cheese curds and swing by the Miracle of Birth Center, which is...
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Austin Pork Processor Disciplines 2 Employees After Undercover Video Released
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it saw “completely unacceptable” actions depicted on an animal welfare group’s undercover video from a Minnesota slaughterhouse that...
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Report: Pigs On The Loose After Semi Crashes In North Mankato
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Pigs were set loose on Highway 169 in North Mankato after a semi lost control and crashed Wednesday morning. KEYC reports that a semi hauling a truckload of pigs veered off the off...
View ArticleNew Pig Inspection Rules At This Year’s Iowa State Fair
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials have announced new inspection rules for pigs that will be shown at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. An Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship news...
View ArticleMinneapolis Man On Crusade To Reclaim Emotional Support Pigs From Animal Control
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minneapolis man is a battle with the City to get his pigs back, after he had three pigs taken by animal control. The reason: hoofed animals aren’t allowed in Minneapolis. The...
View ArticleFacing Oversupply, Iowa Farmer Surrenders Two Pigs To Minnesota Animal Sanctuary
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – After COVID-19 outbreaks forced meat packing plants throughout the midwest to shut down, many pig farmers were left with too many animals, forcing them to put some pigs down....
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