NICOLETT, Minn. — While COVID-19 nudged many livestock producers into branded meat marketing, one family – the Comparts of Nicollet — have been at it for 20 years. Compart Family Farms Premium Duroc ...

NICOLLET — The slogan might be “the other white meat,” but the three generations of pork producers at Compart Family Farms say pink is better. The Nicollet-based farm raises a breed of swine called ...

Strips of bacon, meatballs, pork loin and cubed ham glistened under heat lamps in the dining room of Duke’s Restaurant and Bar Wednesday afternoon. Nearby was an oversized $150,000 check from the U.S.

Hog farmers don't talk about the "other white meat" anymore, but the emphasis on fast-growing, lean pigs reflected in that 1980s-era marketing campaign still dominates the industry. Packing companies ...