Ronald Birkenholz Phone: ( 800) 372-7675 FAX: (515) 225-0563 rbirkenholz@iowapork.org
August 2010 ♦ IPPA celebrating 30th year of Iowa Pork Tent with new menu item ♦ Ready for some 'Non Stop Fun?' ♦ Iowans invited to visit 'Farmville at Iowa State Fair ♦ Senate approves price reporting reauthorization July 2010 ♦ USDA Report - Most U.S. farms remain family operations ♦ Ron Plain's Hog Outlook - July 23 ♦ GIPSA extends comment period for proposed Farm Bill rule ♦ Ag panel concerned with GIPSA rule ♦ NPPC urges restoration of animal ID funding ♦ CAFO rule changes on Iowa EPC agenda ♦ CSIF announces staff changes ♦ Farmers take strong interest in CSIF Green Farmstead Partner workshops ♦ All antibiotic uses improve animal health and healthy animals improve human health ♦ Groups urge immediate action on FTAs ♦ Ohio agriculture, HSUS reach agreement, avoid fall ballot initiative ♦ NPPC requests extension on GIPSA rule comment period ♦ Pork industry expansion plans on hold ♦ IPPA helps send Iowa Natioinal Guard ag team off to active duty June 2010 ♦ Humboldt County producers aiming at world record May 2010 ♦ Iowa, Nebraska hog farmers invited to advanced reproductive management seminars ♦ Iowa farmers present 'free groceries for a year' to a pair of Iowans ♦ State ag leaders request extension of ethanol incentives ♦ China begins accepting U.S. pork shipments ♦ Judges issue rulings in feed lien cases ♦ Without trade agreements, U.S. pork producers could suffer ♦ Former IPPA president named to ISU Animal Science HOF April 2010 ♦ IPPA seeking nominations for Iowa's best breaded pork tenderloin ♦ PQA Plus®, TQA® certification sessions to be offered at 2010 World Pork Expo ♦ PQA Plus® Advisor recertification classes to be offered ♦ Every day is Earth Day for pork producers ♦ ISU research: Feeding hail-damaged corn can create problems for hogs ♦ Iowa ag secretary takes issue with proposed meat processor rules ♦ Vilsack commemorates 50th anniversary of Iowa 'hog lift' to Japan ♦ Watchdog group downgrades HSUS ranking ♦ District Court judge sides with feed supplier in lien case ♦ USDA releases Prospective Plantings report ♦ ISU researchers issue report on Mycotoxin in corn March 2010 ♦ Promotion of Iowa pork, other ag products subject of Asian trade mission ♦ New publication helps farmers select energy-efficient fans for swine production ♦ Hog inventory continues slow decline ♦ Legislative letter to EPC ♦ China agrees to begin accepting U.S. pork ♦ IPPA Board member receives hometown honor ♦ Producers want trucking issue with Mexico resolved ♦ Former IPPA president inducted to NPPC Hall of Fame ♦ Iowa producer new NPPC president ♦ Russia to resume accepting U.S. pork ♦ NPPC, others push for passage of FTAs to spur job growth February 2010 ♦ U.S. pork still hot commodity in Japan ♦ IFAA offering Iowa youth $81,000 in scholarships ♦ Warren County producers named February's 'good farm neighbors' ♦ GIPSA enforcing contracting requirements ♦ DOT private carrier policy change ♦ Year-end export totals show positive trend for pork ♦ 2010 IPPA Regional Conferences ♦ Dean of ISU Vet Med announces retirement from position ♦ EPA Clean Water Act compliance request January 2010 ♦ Producer profitability top goal of new IPPA president ♦ Iowa to be well represented at 2010 Pork Forum ♦ 2010 Iowa Pork youth representatives ♦ Iowa City chef wins 2010 Iowa Pork Taste of Elegance ♦ DNR extends winter manure application comment period ♦ Cherokee pork producers named good farm neighbors ♦ John Morrell packing plant in Sioux City to be closed ♦ DNR public hearing postponed ♦ Competitors work together to serve farmers, feed livestock