Policy

SwineCast 0985 Show Notes:

• Dustin Baker, National Pork Producers Council's Deputy Director for Economics & Domestic Production, stopped in to talk immigration and farm bill priorities with Dave Russell at World Pork Expo. The NPPC has developed a farm bill task force from producers across the country to help identify the top priorities as Congress moves into reauthorizing the Farm Bill. One key ask is the establishment and the enhancement of the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine bank.

SwineCast 0983 Show Notes:

• Taylor Cox, USDA Ag Marketing Service, discusses the Mandatory Reporting Act Reauthorization with Dave Russell. In preparation for the reauthorizing process for the Mandatory Reporting Act in 2020 was a series of stakeholder meetings with various feed animal groups and businesses to help develop a set of actions items the would help improve the Mandatory Reporting Act.

SwineCast 0981 Show Notes:

• Making the media rounds at World Pork Expo, NPPC President Ken Maschhoff stops by to discuss international markets and expanding U.S. production.  He talks with Dave Russell.

SwineCast 0980 Show Notes:

• National Pork Board CEO Bill Even discusses a reset on Domestic Marketing Strategies for Pork in the U.S. as he talks with Dave Russell at World Pork Expo.

SwineCast 0978 Show Notes:

• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) review causes understandable concern from our immediate neighbors. Maria Zieba, Deputy Director of International Affairs at the National Pork Producers Council, shares some of those concerns in this conversation with Dave Russell at 2017 World Pork Expo.

SwineCast 0977 Show Notes:

• National Pork Producers Council CEO Neil Dierks sits down with Dave Russell at World Pork Expo to highlight top issues facing producers today.

Setting the Record Straight: Working With Biased Media This panel presentation highlights what happened when a the Chicago Tribune asked the Illinois Pork Producers for information about and access to pork farms. Jennifer Tirey, Executive Director, Illinois Pork Producers, Phil Borgic, Owner & Operator, Borgic Farms, and Cindy Cunningham, Assistant Vice President, Communications, National Pork Board, share how the story developed, what actions they took, and how data was used to understand the impacts to the business of pork [video].