AUSTIN, Minn. — Mike Williams' auctioneer chant is so fast that, to the untrained ear, it's an incomprehensible mumble with the occasional dollar figure bubbling to the surface. Leading a sale of ...

Youth livestock shows are underway at the Jefferson City Jaycees Cole County Fairgrounds. Goats, sheep, breeding hogs, rabbits and chickens had their run of the show ring Sunday as 4-H and FFA ...

LONE TREE — Chad Yoder has enough on his plate with a full-time job as an animal health consultant, a sideline of raising Duroc pigs and a family that includes three boys under age 10. That’s why ...

AUSTIN, Minn. — For long-time exhibitors, the National Barrow Show isn’t about hogs. It’s about people. Paul Nilson, of Nilson Durocs of Osage, Minn., said he knows most of the guys at the barrow show ...

One of the many joys of being an agriculture reporter is the opportunity to talk with farmers who follow their own paths. Such was the case when I visited a producer who raised Hereford hogs. The ...