Looking to become a PQA+ Advisor?

PQA+ Advisors are the educators who work directly with producers to educate them on the PQA+ program and will help producers obtain PQA+ certification and PQA+ site status at their respective production sites.

A PQA+ Advisor training dates are planned for NEW Advisors:

• November 21st - 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - AmericInn, 1406 E Lyon St., Marshall

This PQA+ Advisor training session is for new Advisors. Individuals wishing to attend the training session must meet the qualifications to become a Certified PQA+ Advisor. Qualifications include:

1. Be a veterinarian, Extension specialist, or ag educator (for the purposes of PQA Plus, the definition of an ag educator is a person who spends full time in adult education or at least 50% time in production training)
2. Have a D.V.M or B.S in Animal Science (or equivalent)
3. Have two years of recent documentable swine production experience

Certification is free to attend. Individuals must pre-register by November 11 either online (click here) or by contacting Colleen Carey with MN Pork Board or 1-800-537-7675 or colleen@mnpork.com.

Plan to pre-register no later than seven days prior to the training to allow adequate time to complete an application and for processing of the application.