Northeast Iowa was home to Dan Rodas when he was growing up. The family dairy farm provided learning experiences, challenges and satisfaction of seeing a job completed from start to finish. The hard work and commitment continues today as Dan is supervisor over six Pipestone Management farms. This farm boy started riding around on the…
Month: September 2012
Father-Son Team Blossoms With Pipestone Management
Donnie Bloes (pronounced Blaze) sells feed and finishes pigs. He and his dad Jerry own B&B Farm Store, a retail business and feed mill in Jesup, Iowa, just east of Waterloo. Jerry has worked in this business for 50 years, starting right out of high school. He gradually bought into the business until it was…
Working Towards PRRS Control and Elimination
Pipestone Veterinary Clinic recently held a series of meetings to bring clients and system shareholders the latest information on control and elimination of the PRRS virus. Held in Mitchell, SD, Pipestone, MN, and Independence, IA, the meetings discussed data the clinic’s research program has collected on the PRRS virus and how that data could be…
Oink Outing Leads to Lots of Good Questions
Tuesday afternoon, August 14, ten people—including Pipestone Vet Clinic’s Carissa Odland, DVM, and Pipestone Management’s Terry Wolters—crowded around the manager of Pheasant Run sow farm near Cleveland, Minnesota to hear a description of the farrowing process. Five of the 10 were mothers that are active in their communities of Minneapolis and St. Paul who had…