Nutrition
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Sustainability Report
Honoring generations of agricultural stewardship, Pipestone remains committed to caring for animals, supporting our people, and protecting natural resources—an ongoing journey highlighted in our 2025 Sustainability Report.
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Employee Stories
At Pipestone, we live and breathe our core values: Integrity, Caring, Commitment, Growth, and Teamwork. We’re taking a closer look at each value, exploring what they mean to us and how they shape our organization. Our values are the foundation of who we are and how we work together.
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Health
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Health
“Great innovation only happens when people aren’t afraid to do things differently” (George Carter). It has been nearly 20 years since the first commercial sow farms were filtered with the goal of controlling PRRS virus. This was certainly different at the time. Farmers and veterinarians didn’t know if it would work.
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Health
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FarmBooks
Every pork producer eventually faces the same set of questions:Should I fix this barn? Tear it down? Build new? Rent someone else’s? And with today’s construction prices, none of those decisions come easy.
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Management
Pig flow, sometimes called the “pig wheel,” is the planned pattern of how pigs move from sow farms to nursery or finishing barns over time. While it may sound simple, getting pig flow right is one of the most important drivers of barn efficiency, pig performance, and overall profitability.
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FarmStats
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Business
The most difficult decisions in a business are often the ones made least often—strategic investments, new ventures, partnerships, or major directional shifts. They carry high stakes and uncertain outcomes, and managers are flooded with data, inputs, and expectations, making it hard to know what truly matters.
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In Polo, Illinois, the Deuth family farm has been a fixture since 1902. Today, the farm hums with activity but what drives the operation is a deep love of livestock and a family legacy passed from generation to generation.
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Employee Stories
At Pipestone, we live and breathe our core values: Integrity, Caring, Commitment, Growth, and Teamwork. We’re taking a closer look at each value, exploring what they mean to us and how they shape our organization. Our values are the foundation of who we are and how we work together.
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