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    Alternate Pork Web Links

  • Leopold Center
    Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University has an excellent website listing various papers and reports on all aspects of using hoop buildings.
  • Agricultural Marketing Resource Center
    Agricultural Marketing Resource Center (AgMRC) contains a tremendous amount of information on niche marketing of pork, once at the site, click on “Commodities & Products”, than click on “Livestock”, then on “Pork”.
  • Iowa State University, Extension publications
    A wealth of materials on swine production, with some specific alternative swine systems publications.
  • University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Extension publications
    This is the home page for publications, start there just to see the wealth of materials available on wide range of subjects. Then click on “swine” and check out the great materials available for downloading.
  • Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture
    Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Minnesota. Click on “Alternative Swine Program”, there you can join their E-mail discussion group and/or read numerous reports and farm profiles.
  • Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
    provides assistance and resources free of charge to farmers and other agricultural professionals. Click on Livestock in the left hand column, then click on Hogs. You get a list of six publications on alternative swine and niche marketing you can then download.
  • Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society
    Check out what all is happening in sustainable agriculture in Nebraska, and then click on “resources” for their recommendations on alternative swine production and marketing information.
  • National Pork Board, Niche Pork site
    A wealth of information on the market for niche pork, and help and advice on getting involved in this area of the pork industry. Scroll down the page to a large list of further links.
  • Texas Tech University Pork Industry Institute
    An interesting assortment of information on sustainable out-door pork production.
  • Practical Farmers of Iowa
    Click on “resources”, than “Farming Systems Related Resources” for an interesting list of materials. Check out, “Swine Records: Am I Really Making Any Money?” It’s a recording (with power-point slides) of a day long event on swine enterprise record keeping and analysis.
  • Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
    SARE studies and spreads information about sustainable agriculture via a nationwide grants program. Specific research findings are at www.sare.org/projects/ Do a search for research reports on swine. The publication: Profitable Pork: Strategies for Hog Producers can be found at www.sare.org/bulletin/hogs . The “Resources” section of this report is an excellent source of additional reference materials and web sites
  • "Feeding Value of Drought-stricken Corn Grain for Swine"
  • "Feeding Tips, July 2005"
  • "Is Reducing Soybean Meal Use a Wise Move?"
  • "Role of Crystalline Amino Acids in Reducing Grow-Finish Feed Costs"
  • Facilities Contracts and Environmental Issues

  • New Age Coops

  • Food Entrepreneur Assistance Program
  • Nebraska EDGE









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    Wondering about joining a new age coop? North Dakota State University Extension Service has a good publication discussing such a move. Check out their publication.

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    Subject: "From Product to Profit" -- Food Entrepreneur Assistance Program


    Food Processing Center Entrepreneur Seminar

    The Food Processing Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

    Arlis B. Burney
    FPC Marketing Manager
    University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    143 H.C. Filley Hall
    Lincoln, NE 68583-0928
    Phone: 402-472-8930 or Fax: 402-472-0244
    Web Site: Food Entrepreneur Assistance Program

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    The Nebraska Edge

    The Nebraska Edge (Enhancing, Developing and Growing Entrepreneurs) is the umbrella organization for rural entrepreneurial training programs hosted by local communities, organizations and associations.

    Visit the Edge!

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