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AWARD-WINNING PORK • C3
KEEPING IT CLEAN • C7
164 Industrial Parkway all the area does for them. That’s the
fight we have to take on, and
AG PROVIDERS!
Jackson, Minnesota I’m committed to it.”
507-847-4610 A move toward a more
vegetarian child nutrition
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Auto – Health – Home – Commercial –Farm diet, the banning and con-
trolling of animal antibiot-
ics and growing scrutiny
mean everything.
See MOORE on C3
See us for all your metal roof, wall and fascia needs. We can offer
solutions for the light-commercial, agriculture and residential markets.
Give us a
call today! Brandon Finck
Senior Ag Lender
HENNING
work for people. I’d end up was Minnesota, “I had worked for Mar- Meat Processors, a tri-state
“Whether it’s a school but it’s been a great move meat trade organization,
RENTAL
shall Meat Products and
board or the National Pork for my family. We really boned beef there before has named their hams grand
Producers Council, you enjoy it here,” Moore said. we bought this business,” champion on four different
have to talk to people so “There’s a lot of similarities said Jay Scott. “Paulette occasions and reserve grand
they know your concerns in mindset between Min- and I started out here just champion eight times. They INC.
and listen to their con- nesotans and Texans — an processing beef and hogs. also won grand champion Equipment Repair and Rental
cerns,” Moore said. “… It’s independent, self-reliant We taught ourselves the awards for their dried beef, • Bobcat skid loaders • Electric breaker
important to be involved. attitude. It’s easy to work business and eventually beef jerky and summer sau- and attachments • Dump truck – 6 yards
When you stop and think with — and sometimes very started making and sell- sage from the MAMP. • Brush cutter • Trailers, open and enclosed
how agriculture is inter- difficult. But I don’t plan on ing our own sausages.” On the national level, the • Cement and brick saws • Towable boom lifts
twined in all our lives — if leaving any time soon.” Now they make a va- American Association of • Lull telescoping forklift • Log splitter
riety of meat products, Meat Processors has award- • Floor sanders • Tables and chairs
ed them reserve champion • Cement tools • Carpet cleaner (dry)
many of them pork- • Scaffolding • Plus much more!
based. awards for their hams on
several occasions as well. 1 block north of fairgrounds • Jackson, MN
“We still make our
pork sausages, but we “We started out selling 507-847-3785
make our own brats, six ground beef here first and
We Salute the
Jackson County
Livestock Producers!
— See Us For —
Quality Big Gain Products!
• Grind, Mix and Delivery • Feeder Pigs Available
• Bulk and Bag Feed • Show Supplies
• Contracting Pigs and • Dog and Cat Food, Bird
Barns Seed
THANK YOU, PORK PRODUCERS Hand selected for precise marbling, tenderness,
consistent color and appearance.
For all the fine pork products you produce and
your contributions to our economy!
# No artificial ingredients # No hormones
SEE US FOR ALL YOUR HOG-FEEDING
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Jackson Feed, LLC Highway 71 – HOURS –
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• Saddle w/Shut- Industrial Parkway • Jackson, MN 847-2074 Sunday 7 a.m. – 10 p.m.
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Darren Kalvig, Commodities Manager
Next to the South Stoplight 40212 510th Avenue • Bingham Lake, MN 56118
Jackson, MN • 507-847-2180
C4 • Pork Month • Thursday, October 21, 2010
Bergen Meats: More than 30 years in the business, nearly 20 awards for premier pork processing
Continued from C3
We are processing.” and ribs, their own dried gotten to know the people
Some customer favor- beef, smoked turkeys, their and they have been good to
ites — items they sell a bit beef snack sticks and the us,” Jay added. “I still think
more than others — in- cheeses they sell, as well as the best part of this business
clude hams, bacon, their their aged Angus beef. is being our own boss. You
sausages, pork chops, loins “Over the years, we have might work harder than if
you were not, but being your
own boss is nice.”
“This is a seven-day-a-
week business,” Paulette
said. “We live next door
to our store and have our
smokehouse next to our
house, which is a good
thing, as we often work not
We Support just days, but nights and
weekends.”
Our Area The long hours and hard
physical labor are constant,
but the Scotts’ son, Bo, is
Pork Producers up to the task and takes on
a lot of that side of things,
402 N. Hwy. 86, Lakefield, MN both hauling the animals in
507-662-6233 for processing and moving
them about during the pro-
cess right up to placing the
We Proudly
Support The
Husky Hog Wash WE OFFER:
• 24-hour,
7 days a week
self-service
INDUSTRY!
1/2 mile east on 790th Street
853-4711
Call Us 360-4259
Today! 360-1701
WE SALUTE Jay and Paulette Scott and employees at Bergen Meat
Processors for the hard work, dedication and all the tasty pork products
they produce!
United Prairie Bank has proudly met the needs of area producers for over 90 years.
United Prairie Bank understands what it takes to succeed in the pork industry.
We Salute All Area
We provide the financial products, service and expertise to grow your business and
your bottom line.
Jackson Cycle
Now With . . . Springfield Parkway, Jackson, MN
• Fuel Injection Phone 847-3939
Larry and Sandy
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• Groves
dozer and Pork Producers the pork industry in Min-
nesota; this individual may
scraper work
We’re proud to salute you! be directly involved in pork
production or a member of
We salute the area pork producers! The Butcher a related industry or busi-
ness.
Bull Dog Power Wash keeping local hog barns clean and tidy
by JUSTIN R. LESSMAN “When you walk in and when working a building. we’re washing.” have experience with each decade ago.
Publisher look around, you can be “We make sure to crank Leos said his equipment type and can handle each “All that experience work-
overwhelmed at what you the power down and wash and crew have the ability to with no problem any time ing for other people let me
More and more, Jackson see,” he said. “But, with a lit- the curtains and vents up handle every size and type of the year.” learn how to do things right
County pork producers are tle time, we get these build- on top,” he said. “We are of building in the area. Leos also offers a free and how not to do certain
concerned with cleanliness ings cleaned up and ready careful to make sure we get “There are really three sanitizing service for his cus- things,” he said. “We treat
and sanitation of their hog for the next batch of hogs.” everything really nice and different types of barns we tomers following a wash. our customers right and we
barns, and that’s exactly Leos said he and his clean with no damage. We deal with — partial slats, the “They provide the sani- maintain our equipment
what Mario Leos and his crew have specific proto- ratchet the pressure up or Murphy sites and the total tizer and we’ll take care of it and keep it clean. When
crew at Bull Dog Power col to which they adhere down, depending on what slat buildings,” he said. “We for free,” he said. “We want you see my equipment, you
Wash intend to provide. to be known for our good see a clean and organized
“People in the pork busi- service and quality work.” unit. That reflects on the
ness today want a clean Quality service is some- work we do. We respect
barn to put their hogs in,” thing he learned from his our customers’ facilities and
the 13-year barn-washing time working for others offices. That’s how we do
veteran and six-year busi- before starting his own business.”
ness owner said. “I intend business more than a half-
to provide the best results
BULL DOG
for my customers.”
That commitment to
quality starts with Leos’
Power Wash
equipment. His massive
pressure washer is mounted
on the back of his truck and
is fully portable. He and a
crew member pull two hoses
— a 300-foot hose from the
back and a 150-foot hose Custom Wash Hog Barns
from the front, both tipped 13 Years’ Experience
with guns capable of shoot-
ing 10 gallons of water per Reliable Service
minute — and go to work
on a barn, usually turning
it from nasty to normal and
soupy to spotless in a matter Mario A. Leos
of a few hours.
712-330-1377
Photo by Georgia Dietz
Leos says he has handled Mario Leos of Bull Dog Power Wash prides himself on keeping his equipment clean,
some big jobs in his decade- sanitized, organized and up to date, something he says reflects the way he and his
plus tenure in the business. crews do business.
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C8 • Pork Month • Thursday, October 21, 2010
Protect your farm family from ATV injuries this fall, beyond
Many Minnesota farmers rooms for ATV injuries are roadways. health and safety educator
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691 1st Ave., Heron Lake
use all-terrain vehicles under the age of 16. and food systems program Catering • Gas • E–85 • Groceries • Food
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passengers, take an ATV
training course, make sure
Salute to
years an estimated 25,500
individuals were treated
your ATV is equipped
with headlights and tail
for ATV-related injuries in lamps and display red,
the Pork
hospital emergency rooms. reflective warning devices
Four out of 10 people
treated in emergency
on the front and rear when
operating near public
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We commend you for the
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