The Distinguished Service Award recognizes an individual or group who has contributed to the long-term success of Minnesota's pork industry. This individual/group may be directly involved in pork production or involved in a supportive swine-related industry.
The Environmental Steward Award recognizes an individual and/or operation demonstrating the positive contributions that pork production makes to the natural environment.
The Family of the Year Award honors a pork producing family who has contributed to the long-term success of the industry through leadership and pork promotion on the local and/or state levels. This award requires a minimum of 20 years involvement in the pork industry.
The Pork Promoter of the Year Award recognizes an individual, couple or family who has done an outstanding job promoting pork and/or the pork industry on a local, regional or state level. Candidates need not be pork producers.