3,000 Piglets Die In Minnesota Barn Fire

December 24, 2006 Minnesota - About 3,000 piglets and nearly 400 sows were killed in a barn fire at one of the largest hog operations in Minnesota. Holden Farms owner Kent Holden estimates the losses at about $2 million for the barn and more than $150,000 for the dead sows and piglets, Northfield, Minn., Fire Chief Gerry Franek said. The cause of the fire appeared accidental, he told The Minneapolis Star Tribune. Holden Farms is known in the pork industry for using meticulous biosecurity and state-of-the-art ...