March 2024
| Tuesday, March 5 – Mankato, Minn. Minnesota Pork Office – 151 St. Andrews Ct., Ste 810, Mankato, Minnesota 56001 PQA+ 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. TQA 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Please contact the Minnesota Pork Office to register and reserve your seat : 507-345-8814 or email colleen@mnpork.com. |
June 2024
| Tuesday, June 12 – Lafayette, Minn. Lafayette Community Center, 540 7th St, Lafayette, MN 56054 PQA+ 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. TQA 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Please contact the Minnesota Pork Office to register and reserve your seat : 507-345-8814 or email colleen@mnpork.com. |
August 2024
| Tuesday, August 13 – Morris, Minn. UM West Central Research & Outreach Center (WCROC), 46352 State Hwy 329, Morris, MN 56267 PQA+ 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. TQA 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Please contact the Minnesota Pork Office to register and reserve your seat : 507-345-8814 or email colleen@mnpork.com. |
November 2024
| Tuesday, November 5 – Mankato, Minn. Minnesota Pork Office – 151 St. Andrews Ct., Ste 810, Mankato, Minnesota PQA+ 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. TQA 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Please contact the Minnesota Pork Office to register and reserve your seat : 507-345-8814 or email colleen@mnpork.com. |
December 2024
| Tuesday, December 17 – Preston, Minn. Fillmore County Office Building, Room 108, 902 Houston St NW, Preston, MN 55965 PQA+ 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. TQA 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Please contact the Minnesota Pork Office to register and reserve your seat : 507-345-8814 or email colleen@mnpork.com. |
If you need to renew your PQA or TQA certification and a date listed above does not accommodate your schedule, or if your farm has a large group of employees needing certification, don’t hesitate to get in touch with Colleen Carey at the Minnesota Pork Board office at (507) 345-8814 or colleen@mnpork.com to schedule an alternative time for a training.
PQA trainings are also available in online courses. Contact the Minnesota Pork Board office for further information.
To check your PQA Plus® and TQA® status call the Pork Checkoff Service Center at 1-800-456-7675.
Follow this link to locate a PQA Plus Advisor
Follow this link to locate a TQA Advisor
Classes are provided by the Minnesota Pork Board and the University of Minnesota Swine Extension
PQA Plus Advisor Training
If you are interested in becoming a Pork Quality Assurance Plus Advisor or need to be recertified, you will need to contact Dianne DeWitte, with the University of Minnesota Swine Extension. The current information is for teaching version 5.0 of the PQA+ certification program and performing site assessments.
Her contact information is:
Diane DeWitte
507-384-1745
A certified PQA+ Advisor is a veterinarian, an Extension specialist, or an ag educator with a Bachelor of Science degree. It also could be someone with the equivalent of a degree in animal science or a related field, who has two years of recent, documentable swine production experience.
If this is the first time you would be certified as an PQA Plus Advisor, you will need to complete this application below and submit to Diane prior to your training:
