The National Pork Board will meet in Des Moines on the afternoon of Sept. 9, the day before more than 50 producers from across the country arrive in Des Moines to begin work on budget recommendations for 2010.
Tim Bierman Selected to Lead National Pork Board
Tim Bierman, a farmer from Larrabee, Iowa, has been elected by his fellow board members as president of the National Pork Board. Dr. Gene Nemechek, a veterinarian with Tyson Foods in Springdale, Ark., has been elected vice president. Both begin immediately to serve one-year terms.
National Pork Board Meeting to Elect Officers and Work on Budget
The National Pork Board will work on current and future budgets and elect officers when it meets July 21. The board is meeting in conjunction with the annual National Pork Industry Conference at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri.
Voluntary 14-day Withdrawal Period for all Tetracycline, Oxytetracycline and Chlortetracycline Products
Pork producers are being reminded to review their use of feed/water tetracycline-class antibiotics (tetracycline, oxytetracycline or chlortetracycline) to make sure their use meets standards set by some export markets for U.S. Pork.
Stephan Hesse Wins Checkoff’s National Taste of Elegance Contest
Stephan Hesse, executive chef of The Oak Grill in Minneapolis, Minn., won top honors in the 20th annual national Taste of Elegance™ contest June 29 in Baltimore, Md. The competition, sponsored by the Pork Checkoff, featured 29 chefs, all winners of state and regional Taste of Elegance contests.
Iowa’s Ryan Newstrom Wins Pork Checkoff’s 22nd Annual Great Pork BarbeQlossal
Ryan Newstrom of the Big T’z Q Cru from Ames, Iowa, earned Grand Champion honors June 6 in the Pork Checkoff’s 22nd annual Great Pork BarbeQlossal™ contest. Newstrom was awarded cash and prizes including the grand prize of $8,000.
The Role of the Pork Checkoff in Today’s Industry
The Pork Checkoff is helping U.S. pork producers as they work to earn the trust of their customers by demonstrating accountability and social responsibility in all they do.
Pork Producers Prepare for Emergencies, Checkoff Launches Emergency Action Plan Tool
The floods of 2008 are fresh in Iowa pork producers’ memories less than a year after rising waters from the Mississippi and its tributaries flooded thousands of acres of crops and dozens of pig barns following heavy spring rains. Helping pork producers prepare for this and many other types of emergencies is the goal of the Pork Checkoff’s new emergency action plan tool.
National Pork Checkoff Board calls for action on We Care, PQA Plus®; pork producers, customers respond
The National Pork Board has adopted a resolution urging all U.S. pork producers to become certified in the Pork Quality Assurance Plus® program by June 30, 2010, and to achieve PQA Plus® site status by Dec. 31, 2010. Additionally, the board is recommending that producers embrace the ethical principles the industry adopted in 2008.
The Pork Checkoff Selected Leadership Program Participants
Twenty U.S. pork producers were selected to participate in Pork Leadership Academy (PLA), a program sponsored by the Pork Checkoff, which is used to identify and train swine industry leaders.