Entries by Minnesota Pork Producers Association

House Adopts New Rules

By Sarah Lemagie – Session Daily The House has adopted new rules for floor debate, including a controversial change to the way that legislators can offer amendments to bills. In a 69-59 vote early Tuesday morning, the House approved new Permanent Rules, which guide bill movement and floor debate. The vote followed a contentious, 9.5-hour […]

Pork Farmers Named ‘Faces of Farming’

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 23, 2013 – The National Pork Producers Council congratulated two pork farmers who yesterday were named Faces of Farming and Ranching national spokespeople by the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance. Chris Chinn, from Clarence, Mo., and Bo Stone, from Rowland, N.C., earned two of the four spots in a nationwide competition conducted […]