Posted May 29, 2015
Pork producers and other professionals from throughout the world will visit World Pork Expo, June 3-5, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines.
Presented by the National Pork Producers Council, the expo is the …
Posted May 29, 2015
Pork producers and other professionals from throughout the world will visit World Pork Expo, June 3-5, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines.
Presented by the National Pork Producers Council, the expo is the …
Posted May 27, 2015
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack yesterday announced the appointment of a Le Mars hog farmer to the 15-member National Pork Board in Clive.
Bill Tentinger will serve a three-year term on the board. He was nominated …
May 15, 2015
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(CLIVE, Iowa) − The Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) is partnering with the Iowa Pork Industry Center (IPIC) and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach …
Posted May 14, 2015
Seaboard Foods and Triumph Foods announced today the formation of a joint venture, with equal ownership, to construct a new, state-of-the-art pork processing facility in Sioux City.
The plant is expected to process about three million …
Posted May 7, 2015
Exports of U.S. pork gained momentum in March after starting the year slowly, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) this week.
Although pork exports were down from …
May 6, 2015
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(CLIVE, Iowa) – The Iowa Pork Producers Association is partnering with the Iowa Pork Industry Center and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach to offer …
Posted May 4, 2015
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(CLIVE, Iowa) – The Iowa Pork Producers Association has awarded scholarships to 14 Iowa college students who are majoring in an agriculture field and …
Posted April 22, 2015
Iowa hog farmers have demonstrated continuous improvement in all phases of production over the past several decades. The pork industry’s commitment to natural resources and the environment is reflected in a new report from the Environmental …
Posted April 20, 2015
The world protein supply, preparing for new swine diseases and other pork production-related issues will be some of the topics covered on June 25 at Iowa State University’s fourth annual Iowa Swine Day.
Regional, national and …
Posted April 17, 2015
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week released two reports that measure antimicrobial resistance in certain bacteria found on raw meat and poultry collected through the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS).
The annual NARMS …