Laboratory Animal Suppliers

Midwest Research Swine
31009 645 Avenue
Gibbon, MN 55335
Phone: (507) 834-6617
Fax: (507) 834-9840
Web: www.bio-med-swine.com
Contact: Dave Theis, Terry Theis
Notes: Laboratory animal supplier (pigs)

Moulton Chinchilla Ranch
976 SW 14th Avenue
Rochester, MN 55902
Phone: (507) 288-6334
Fax: (507) 288-2048
Web: www.moultonchinchillas.com
Contact: Dan Moulton
Notes: Laboratory animal supplier (chinchillas)

Kenneth Schroeder
14552 State Hwy 22
Wells, MN 56097
Phone: (507) 553-3029
Notes: Laboratory animal supplier (dogs); USDA Class B dealer (licensed to sell “random source” dogs).

 

Fur Farms
There were 23 fur farms in Minnesota in 2006 (according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service), down from 47 in 1997.

Tom Born
Rural Route 1
(alternate address: 2331 160th Avenue)
Mora, MN 55001
Phone: (320) 679-3156
Notes: Address may be incorrect (confirmation needed).

Cannon River Fur Farm
Rural Route 3
Cannon Falls, MN 55009
Phone: (507) 263-2942
Contact: Eddie R. Nelson
Notes: Farm reported closed in 1999 (confirmation needed).

Gary Klein Fur Farm
Route 1
(alternate address: 17827 Carnie Road)
Hinckley, MN 55037
Phone: (320) 384-6688
Contact: Gary E. & Ann Klein
Notes: Address may be incorrect (confirmation needed).

Kroschel Mink & Stock Farm
2937 330 Avenue
Hinckley, MN 55037
Phone: (320) 384-6976
Contact: Hugo & Fran Kroschel

Would Mink Farm
Route 1
Hinckley, MN 55037
Contact: Ronald Would
Notes: Farm reported closed in 1998 (confirmation needed).

James Bohn
Rural Route 3
Mora, MN 55051
Notes: Address?

Doug Anderson Mink Farm
4515 292nd Street E.
Randolph, MN 55065
Phone: (507) 263-2219

Kenneth Kroschel Mink Ranch
Rural Route 1
Sandstone, MN 55072
Contact: Kenneth & Myrtle Krosehel
Notes: Address?

Heger Company
2536 E. Seventh Avenue
North St. Paul, MN 55109
Phone: (651) 777-2701
Contact: Dean Armstrong, Gregg ‘Whitie’ Johnson
Notes: Fur farm feed supplier.

Davidson Fur Farm
10739 30th Street NW
Annandale, MN 55302
Phone: (320) 274-8837
Contact: Henry Davidson
Notes: Fox farm.

Petersen Fur Farm
10587 Tagus Avenue
Brownton, MN 55312
Phone: (320) 328-5369
Contact: Sheridan & Barbara Petersen
Notes: Farm may be closed (confirmation needed).

Randall Knudsen
Rural Route 2
Buffalo Lake, MN 55324
Notes: Address?

John’s Mink Ranch
2842 Parkview Drive
Hamel, MN 55340
Contact: John & Donna Gangelhoff
Notes: Farm may be closed (confirmation needed).

Latzig Mink Ranch (Lakeside Ferrets)
809 County Road 7 SW
Howard Lake, MN 55349
Phone: (320) 963-3594
Notes: Located just north of 10th Street SW

Mueller Bros. Mink Ranch
19086 County Road 141
Kimball, MN 55353
Contact: Charlie Mueller, James H. Mueller

Warner’s Westside Fur Farm
59483 Csah 11
Litchfield, MN 55355
Phone: (320) 693-6547
Contact: Steve & Linda Warner
Notes: Fox farm.

Zumbro River Fur Farm
4625 West River Road NW
Rochester, MN 55901
Contact: Scott A. Stevens, Marian C. Stevens, Larry N. Stevens.
Notes: West River Road NW is also known as County Road 133.

Garvin Brook Fox Ranch
Rural Route 1
Minnesota City, MN 55959
Notes: Fox farm. Address?

Gunnink Fur Farm
Rural Route 1
(alternate address: 446 80th Avenue)
Chandler, MN 56122
Phone: (507) 677-2223
Contact: Calvin & Alison J. Gunnink
Notes: Address?

Ehde Brothers Fur Farm
Luverne, MN 56156
Phone: (507) 283-9747
Contact: Arthur Ehde
Notes: Large farm located northeast of the city, at corner of County Road 8 and Township 124.

Tedd Larson
Rural Route 1
(alternate address: 233 60th Avenue)
Hills, MN 56188
Phone: (507) 962-3479
Contact: Dianne Larson
Notes: Address?

Tad Ellinghuysen
Rural Route 2
(alternate address: 25707 County Road 29)
Lewiston, MN 56209
Phone: (507) 523-3535 or (507) 523-2727
Contact: Norbert and Donna Ellinghuysen
Notes: Fox farm. Farm may be closed (confirmation needed).

Keith Fortun
7990 195th Street NE
Atwater, MN 56209
Notes: Farm reported closed in 1999 (confirmation needed).

Pomme De Terre Fur Farm
Rural Route 1
Morris, MN 56267
Phone: (320) 795-2729
Contact: Robert L. Jergenson
Notes: At same address, Pomme De Terre Pheasants and Game Farm.

Jergenson Mink Ranch
Rural Route 1
(alternate address: 14747 380th Avenue)
Cyrus, MN 56323
Phone: (320) 795-2487
Contact: Duane Jergenson
Notes: Address?

Lang's Mink Farm
18627 Cedar Island Lake Road
Richmond, MN 56368
Phone: (320) 597-3400
Notes: Farm may be closed (confirmation needed).

Royal Oak Mink Ranch
Rural Route 2
(alternate address: 39343 Wild Rose Court)
Sauk Centre, MN 56378
Phone: (320) 352-6866
Contact: Steve and Colleen Thang
Notes: Address?

Bob’s Mink Ranch
28603 State Highway 34
Detroit Lakes, MN 56501
Phone: (218) 847-8407
Contact: Robert R. Sonnenberg
Notes: Large farm. Located east of Detroit Lakes city center, north of highway. At same address: Minnesota Fur Breeders, and S & S Feed Company.

Hillcrest Mink Ranch
28774 State Hwy. 34
Detroit Lakes, MN 56501
Contact: Kent Disse, George Disse, Glen Disse
Notes: Located across street from Bob’s Mink Ranch.

Castle - Lehmann, Inc.
41835 County Road 126
Detroit Lakes, MN 56501
Phone: (218) 847-5065
Contact: Gary L. Lehmann

Gill Gigstead
17296 County Road 29
Detroit Lakes, MN 56501
Phone: (218) 847-8059 or (218) 847-7068
Contact: Gill Gigstead
Notes: Farm may be closed (confirmation needed).

Richard Dorow Mink Farm (Custom Fleshing Inc.)
31727 State Highway 108
Ottertail, MN 56571
Phone: (218) 367-2870
Contact: Richard & Gloria Dorow

Schultz Fur Farm
31829 County Road 130
Vergas, MN 56587
Phone: (218) 342-2501
Contact: Arland & Karrie Schultz
Notes: Two properties, on east and west side of 315th Avenue, north of CR-130.

Big Falls Mink Ranch
Highway 6
Big Falls, MN 56627
Phone: (218) 276-2467
Notes: Address?

Heinen Mink Ranch
33091 620th Street
Warroad, MN 56763
Contact: George Heinen, Jr.
Notes: Located north of State Road 11.

 

Trapping

Minnesota Trappers Association
Web: www.mntrappers.com
Notes: state trapping association

Tom Olson
1720 Quinlan Avenue South
Lakeland, MN 55043
Phone: (651) 436-2539
Notes: trapping supplies

North Star Fur
12515 Morris Trail
Marine on St. Croix, MN 55047
Phone: (651) 433-2803
Fax: (651) 433-2804
Contact: Jim Rosenwald
Notes: fur buyer

Cumberland's Northwest Trappers Supply
4707 Cedar Avenue North
Owatanna, MN 55060
Phone: (507) 451-7607
Fax: (507) 451-5869
Web: www.nwtrappers.com
Contact: Russell C. Cumberland
Notes: trapping supplies

USA FOXX & Furs
29 W Superior Street
Duluth, MN 55802
Phone: (218) 722-7742 or (800) USA-FOXX
Fax: (218) 727-4861
Web: www.usafoxx.com
Contact: Wayne and Betty Nurmi
Notes: fur tanning/manufacturing

Wiebke Fur Company
218 Portland Avenue
Eitzen, MN 55931
Phone: (507) 495-3312
Fax: (507) 495-3469
Web: www.wiebketrading.com
Contact: Thomas Wiebke, CEO
Notes: fur buyer (especially raccoon); also, “one of North America’s largest deer skin producers.” Another location in La Crosse, WI.

Schmitt Enterprises
16482 State Highway 15
Hanska, MN 56041
Phone: (507) 359-4149
Fax: (507) 359-2472
Web: www.schmittent.com
Contact: Gerald & Doreen Schmitt
Notes: trapping supplies

Johnson Fur Company
8571 Hwy. 71 South
Willmar, MN 56201
Phone: (320) 995-6121
Fax: (320) 995-6169
Notes: fur buyer

Minnesota Trapline Products
6699 156th Ave. N.W.
Pennock, MN 56279
Phone: (320) 599-4176
Fax: (320) 599-4314
Web: www.minntrapprod.com
Contact: Tim & Nancy Caven
Notes: trapping supplies

Pro Snares
6308 156th
Cass Lake, MN 56633
Phone: (218) 444-7915
Web: www.prosnares.com
Notes: trapping supplies (snares)

Jim Rognerud
1121 - 9th Avenue
International Falls, MN 56649
Phone: (218) 283-8917
Notes: U.S. agent for Fur Harvesters Auction Inc. (www.furharvesters.com/usagents.htm).

 

Slaughterhouses

Lorentz Etc.
705 Cannon Industrial Blvd.
Cannon Falls, MN 55009
Phone: (507) 263-3618
M P

Jennie-O Turkey Store Sales (dba Festive Brand, Hormel Foods Corp., Jennie-O, Jerome Foods, Norwestern Deli, The Turkey Store, West Central Turkey's)
1116 NW 4th Avenue
Faribault, MN 55021
Phone: (507) 334-5555
P (turkey)

Huettls Locker & Dressing
1903 North Lakeshore Drive
Lake City, MN 55041
Phone: (651) 345-3424
M

Deutschland Foods (dba Community Market, Deutschland Meats, Northwoods Sausage, Pure Nature Meats)
12825 Lake Blvd.
Lindstrom, MN 55045
Phone: (651) 257-1128
M P

Dakota Premium Foods (dba American Foods Group)
425 South Concord Street
South Saint Paul, MN 55075
Phone: (651) 455-6611
M
Notes: Issued a "noncompliance order" in April 2008 by the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service for violations of humane animal handling regulations.

Minnesota Beef Industries
Highway 212
Buffalo Lake, MN 55314
Phone: (320) 833-5301
M

Mcdonald's Meats
8601 Main Avenue
Clear Lake, MN 55319
Phone: (320) 743-2311
M P

Forster's Meat Center of Glencoe
820 12th Street
Glencoe, MN 55336
Phone: (320) 864-6699
M s

Quality Pork Processors
711 Hormel Century Parkway
Austin, MN 55912
Phone: (507) 434-6300
M
Notes: Quality Pork Processors kills 19,000 pigs each day.

Au Bon Canard Foie Gras
7824 County 14
Caledonia, MN 55921
Phone: (507) 724-1042
P

R 4 Meats (dba Huckstadt Meats)
24 SW 2nd Street
Chatfield, MN 55923
Phone: (507) 867-4180
M P

Burts Meat & Poultry
114 Center Avenue
Eyota, MN 55934
Phone: (507) 545-9904
M P

Burt's Hilltop Poultry
15024 Sandstone Drive
Utica, MN 55979
Phone: (507) 932-3431
M P

Ledebuhr Meat Processing
5645 W. 6th Street
Winona, MN 55987
Phone: (507) 452-7440
M P

Geneva Meats & Process Service
75 East Main
Geneva, MN 56035
Phone: (507) 256-7214
M P

Deutschland Meats
141 South Main
Sanborn, MN 56083
Phone: (507) 648-3388
M P

PM Beef Holdings (dba Beef Specialists Of Iowa, Caldwell Packing Company)
2850 Highway 60 E
Windom, MN 56101
Phone: (507) 831-2761
M

Butterfield Foods Company
225 Hubbard Avenue
Butterfield, MN 56120
Phone: (507) 956-5103
M P

Swift Pork Company (dba Armour Food)
Highway 60 Northeast
Worthington, MN 56187
Phone: (507) 372-2723
M

Jennie-O Turkey Store Sales (dba Festive Brand, Hormel Foods Corp., Jennie-O, Jerome Foods, Norwestern Deli, The Turkey Store, West Central Turkey's)
2505 Willmar Avenue SW
Willmar, MN 56201
Phone: (320) 235-2622
M P (turkey)

Carlson Meat Processing
105 North 2nd Street
Grove City, MN 56243
Phone: (320) 857-2261
M P

Turkey Valley Farms
112 South 6th Street
Marshall, MN 56258
Phone: (507) 337-3100
M P (turkey)

R&P Gourmet Food Processing (dba Carlos Meat Locker)
103 Main Avenue
Carlos, MN 56319
Phone: (320) 852-7510
M P

Gold'n Plump Poultry
851 Sauk River Drive
Cold Spring, MN 56320
Phone: (320) 685-3601
P

Kadejan, Inc.
1455 2nd Avenue NE
Glenwood, MN 56334
Phone: (320) 634-3561
P

Long Prairie Packing Company (dba American Foods Group)
10 Riverside Drive
Long Prairie, MN 56347
Phone: (320) 732-2171
M

Riverside Meats & Retail
109 South Lake Street
Long Prairie, MN 56347
Phone: (320) 732-6900
M P

West Central Turkeys (dba Festive Brand, Hormel Foods Corp., Jennie-O, Jerome Foods, Norwestern Deli, The Turkey Store, West Central Turkey's)
123 South 5th Avenue East
Melrose, MN 56352
Phone: (320) 256-4245
P (turkey)

Miltona Custom Meats & Sausage
Second Street West
Miltona, MN 56354
Phone: (218) 943-2681
M P

New Munich Meats
501 Main Street
New Munich, MN 56356
Phone: (320) 256-4436
M P

Quistorff Enterprises of Osakis (dba Osakis Meat & Processing)
201 2nd Avenue W.
Osakis, MN 56360
Phone: (320) 859-2128
M P

Street Joseph Meat Market
26 1st Avenue NW
Saint Joseph, MN 56374
Phone: (320) 363-4913
M P

Spring Prairie Hutterian Breth
6189 170th Street N.
Hawley, MN 56549
Phone: (218) 498-2766
M P

Ulen Locker
102 Northern Pacific Avenue E
Ulen, MN 56585
Phone: (218) 596-8841
M P

Joppru, Inc.
12605 180th Street NE
Thief River Falls, MN 56701
Phone: (218) 681-2602
M P

Northern Pride
Nora Street and S. Pennington Avenue
Thief River Falls, MN 56701
Phone: (218) 681-1201
P (turkey)