A new, nearly completed 6,000-head pig barn complex should help to that end, allowing for more control over the conditions in which the colony's pigs are finished.

During the livestock auction, 9-year-old Harper Diamond stood up and donated the entire proceeds from the sale of her 270-pound pig to help fund a new pig barn for future fairgoers. And the crowd?

The Diamond family says the new building will leave an avenue for generations to come to be part of 4-H. The current pig barn at the fair has stood for 50 years and is set to be torn down next Monday.

Aucoin said he believes politics played a role in allowing Landry to build his pig barns without so much as a local building permit, then to obtain a BMP from the LDAF and after-the-fact permits ...

I want to respond to the letter “Pig barns bad for Sibley County” in the July 24 issue of the Leader. I don’t live in that county, but I am a third-generation pig farmer in Faribault County ...