FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ref: (Ag PIPS001)
(2-16-05)
NIACC Pigs In The Purple Sales
Sale # 1 March 3rd 2005
Sale # 2 April 12th 2005
North Iowa Area Community College Agriculture students will sponsor
their annual Pigs In The Purple Sales on Thursday, March 3, 2005 and
Tuesday, April 12, 2005. These sales are held on the NIACC campus in
the comfort of Room 104 in the Careers Building beginning at 6:30 PM.
Viewing of pigs begins at 5:00 PM. The NIACC campus is 2 miles east of
Mason City on Highway 122.
The successes of buyers over the past seventeen years has resulted in
nearly 325 swine show championships and class winners. Pigs in last
years sales went on to be Champions at several major fairs. All pigs
are raised by the NIACC Farm Lab and have been successful at all levels
of competition, from local youth shows to national swine shows. NIACCs
reputation for honest, high performing and highest quality show pigs is
indisputable, with pigs selling into eleven different states. The
majority of pigs in the sale are sired by outstanding boars, which have
a history of producing show winners and superior carcasses. NIACC
students work with the agricultural technology staff and swine experts,
to carefully select sires to be mated to proven sows to produce the pigs
for each of these sales. In fact, many of the sows have produced past
champions or are littermates to previous show winners.
The Pigs In the Purple Sales, now in their eighteenth year, are
sponsored by Agricultural Technology students at NIACC and provides many
4-H and FFA members the best opportunity to, obtain high quality show
pigs for youth projects at reasonable prices. These sales also give our
students learning opportunity to develop marketing skills through their
involvement in all phases of planning and executing the sales. A
special thanks to this years Animal Science II class, which, has sale
management responsibilities.
We hope that you will join us for this years Pigs In The Purple
Sales.
If you have any questions regarding the sale or show pigs, please
contact one of us at NIACC -- Chris Chodur at the farm-641-423-7888 or
cell 641-201-0051 or Larry Eichmeier - 641-422-4225.
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For more information, contact the
Marketing and Community
Relations Department
North Iowa Area Community College, 500 College Drive, Mason City, Iowa 50401
422-4295 or 1-888-GO NIACC, ext. 4295
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