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      • Headlines Newsletter
    • Iowa Pork Industry Contribution Study 2020
    • Iowa Pork Facts
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  • Producers
    • Resources and Information
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      • 2018 USDA Market Facilitation Program
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      • Foreign Animal Diseases
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    • Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin Contest
    • We Dare You to Conquer the Iowa Tenderloin Trail
    • Pulled Pork Madness
    • The We Care® Responsible Pork Initiative
    • Culinary Competitions
      • Student Taste Competition
      • Taste Chef Competition
    • Best Food Facts – Ask the Experts
    • Cooking/Nutrition
    • National Quick Facts About Pork
    • IPPA Product Catalog
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      • Everything but the Oink Flyer
      • High School Swine Curriculum
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    • porktober22
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Iowa Pork Leadership Academy

Posted on October 20, 2022December 2, 2022 by Ron Birkenholz

Travel the country. Meet farmers from other states. Develop your leadership skills.

Iowa’s agriculture leadership is built on generations of individuals who have made agriculture their cause, not just their job. The Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) recognizes that the …

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Pig to Plate Adventure

Posted on September 12, 2022September 27, 2022 by Ron Birkenholz

What is Pig to Plate Adventure?

The Iowa Pork Producers Association hosts the ultimate pork industry experience for high school students in this fall event! Activities include a commercial pig farm tour, a fabrication demonstration, a look into careers in …

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Youth for the Quality Care of Animals

Posted on August 24, 2021August 26, 2021 by Ron Birkenholz

Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) program not only sets the standard for swine exhibitors, but for all livestock exhibitors. YQCA is a multi-species, science-based education program that offers access to every youth swine exhibitor ages eight to …

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NPPC testifies at USTR hearing on Thailand’s GSP eligibility

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Ron Birkenholz
At a June 19 U.S. Trade Representative hearing, the National Pork Producers Council called for Thailand’s preferential access to the U.S. market to be revoked or reduced if it does not end its unwarranted ban on U.S. pork.

Thailand is

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Naig elected VP of Midwest Association of state ag departments

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Ron Birkenholz

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig has been elected to serve as vice president of the Midwest Association of State Departments of Agriculture (MASDA). Naig was elected by his peers from 12 states across the region during the MASDA annual …

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ISU to be home to new center of swine genomics excellence

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Ron Birkenholz

Iowa State University will host a national center of excellence devoted to understanding the genomic, or molecular, mechanisms that govern important genetic traits in swine such as growth and disease resistance.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institutes of Food …

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Pork sets new export volume record in April

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Ron Birkenholz

April exports of U.S. pork were sharply higher than a year ago in both volume and value, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Pork exports set a new volume record, fueled …

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‘Good Farm Neighbor Award’ presented to Calhoun County pork producers

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Ron Birkenholz

Young Calhoun County farmers and pork producers have become the 138th recipient of the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award.

Steve Moline, division administrator for the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, presented the award to Jason and Gene …

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EPA awards Iowa with $1 million water quality grant

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Ron Birkenholz

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced yesterday the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship will receive a $1 million grant from the EPA Gulf of Mexico Program to support the water quality efforts under way in Iowa.…

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‘Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award’ presented to Howard Co. farm family

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Ron Birkenholz

A Howard County farm family has become the latest recipient of the “Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award.”

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig presented the 135th such award to Tim and Diana Huhe on May 30 at the Howard …

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