02/16/26: Smithfield Foods, Inc., an American food company and an industry leader in value-added packaged meats and fresh pork, today announced it has initiated the approval process to build a new state-of-the-art packaged meats and fresh pork processing facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Read more of the article from Rusty Halvorson at KFGO.com.

(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

02/16/26: Smithfield Foods, Inc., an American food company and an industry leader in value-added packaged meats and fresh pork, today announced it has initiated the approval process to build a new state-of-the-art packaged meats and fresh pork processing facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
<a href="https://kfgo.com/2026/02/16/smithfield-foods-to-build-new-state-of-the-art-processing-facility-in-sioux-falls/">Read more of the article from Rusty Halvorson at KFGO.com.</a>
(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, &ldquo;News &amp; Views,&rdquo; can be heard weekdays from 8 &ndash; 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

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Rusty Halvorson shares news of new pork processing facility in South Dakota

02/16/26: Riaz Aziz is an Instructor of Economics at Concordia College, and has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in business, economics, management, finance, and entrepreneurship. 
Riaz is also the CEO of the Begunahi Foundation USA, which is dedicated to educating and empowering underprivileged women in India. 

(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

02/16/26: Riaz Aziz is an Instructor of Economics at Concordia College, and has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in business, economics, management, finance, and entrepreneurship.&nbsp; Riaz is also the CEO of the<a href="https://www.begunahi.org/"> Begunahi Foundation USA</a>, which is dedicated to educating and empowering underprivileged women in India.&nbsp;
(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, &ldquo;News &amp; Views,&rdquo; can be heard weekdays from 8 &ndash; 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

Concordia Economics Professor, Riaz Aziz, speaks to inflation, ag markets, and more

02/13/26: Nancy Martinez is the director of public policy for trade for the National Corn Growers Association. The Agricultural Coalition for the United-States-Mexico-Canada Agreement recently held a press conference to release a study pointing to the importance of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

02/13/26: Nancy Martinez is the director of public policy for trade for the National Corn Growers Association. The Agricultural Coalition for the United-States-Mexico-Canada Agreement recently held a press conference to release a study pointing to the importance of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, &ldquo;News &amp; Views,&rdquo; can be heard weekdays from 8 &ndash; 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

National Corn Growers Association advocates for the importance of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement

02/13/26: Joel Heitkamp is joined by Eleanor Watson is a CBS News reporter and producer covering the Pentagon. She joins Joel to talk about the recent news around Arizona Democrat Senator Mark Kelly and his legal battle with Secretary Pete Hegseth. A federal judge granted Sen. Kelly's request for a preliminary injunction against Pete Hegseth, in a lawsuit accusing the defense secretary of trying to punish him for his political speech. Senator Kelly, a former Navy Captain, sued Hegseth in January, one week after the defense secretary moved to formally censure him for participating in a video where he and several Democratic lawmakers told U.S. servicemembers they can refuse illegal orders.

 

(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

02/13/26: Joel Heitkamp is joined by Eleanor Watson is a CBS News reporter and producer covering the Pentagon. She joins Joel to talk about the recent news around Arizona Democrat Senator Mark Kelly and his legal battle with Secretary Pete Hegseth.&nbsp;A federal judge granted Sen. Kelly's request for a preliminary injunction against Pete Hegseth, in a lawsuit accusing the defense secretary of trying to punish him for his political speech.&nbsp;Senator Kelly, a former Navy Captain, sued Hegseth in January, one week after the defense secretary moved to formally censure him for participating in a video where he and several Democratic lawmakers told U.S. servicemembers they can refuse illegal orders.
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(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, &ldquo;News &amp; Views,&rdquo; can be heard weekdays from 8 &ndash; 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

Rusty Halvorson shares news of new pork processing facility in South Dakota

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