SLEEPY EYE, MINN. – This past Veteran’s Day, Christensen Farms & Feedlots, Inc. (CF) was proud to support the Hunting with Heroes program, a non-profit organization focused on the physical and emotional healing of our nation’s military heroes through community support, camaraderie and hunting/fishing in the rural communities of Iowa.
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Source: Successful Farming By: Betsy Freese – 10/8/2019 In an interview with Betsy Freese from Successful Farming, Glenn Stolt discusses the evolution of Christensen Farms, as well as trade issues, challenges in the pork industry, company integration and its legacy. A snippet of the article can be read
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Source: Successful Farming By: Jodi Henke DES MOINES, Iowa — This is only a test, but 14 states are pretending that it’s already here. Nobody wants to see African swine fever enter the U.S. If it does, however, Iowa and 13 other pork-producing states are preparing to face it
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Source: National Hog Farmer https://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/animal-health/more-pig-health Ann Hess | Aug 14, 2019 When Kat Wood graduated from North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine last spring, she never expected she’d be wading in several feet of snow to visit sow farms and filling her mobile phone with state veterinarians’
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St. Paul, Minn. – Minnesota State Fair and State Fair Foundation officials, along with family, friends and colleagues of the late swine industry leader Bob Christensen, gathered yesterday for a ribbon cutting and unveiling of new signage reflecting the new name of the fair’s swine barn, the Robert
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During the month of June, Christensen Farms donated a total of $15,000 to food banks across the Midwest. The organization collaborated with local food banks in 15 communities in which it operates to provide pork certificates to those in need this summer. “At Christensen Farms, we are proud
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Source: Truman Tribune Just a couple weeks ago during the “great April blizzard”, Christensen Farms lost power to multiple area buildings that held tens of thousands of hogs. The company was already running six generators, but one building holding around 2,000 head of hogs in Heron Lake was still
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Source: NPCC.org Risk of African Swine Fever Introduction to U.S. Herd Considered Negligible; Decision Made Out of An Abundance of Caution Des Moines, IA, April 10, 2019 – The National Pork Producers Council’s board of directors today announced its decision to cancel World Pork Expo 2019 out
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SLEEPY EYE, MINN. – Christensen Farms & Feedlots, Inc. hosted its fifth annual Organizational Awards ceremony on the evening on Thursday, March 7, 2019 in New Ulm, Minnesota. This ceremony recognized the 2018 Christensen Farms Organizational Award winners for their outstanding contributions to the Christensen Farms organization. The evening
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Christensen Farms is committed to strengthening our local communities through companywide and individual investments. Across the Upper Midwest, we participate in a variety of events, programs and initiatives that help make our communities better places to live, work and play. What’s even greater is the many employees of
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