world issues

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• Director of International Trade Policy, Sanitary and Technical Issues at the National Pork Producers Council, Laurie Hueneke, discusses the nuts and bolts of keeping our export markets open and producer responsibility.

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• New Board Member Dr. Ron Prestage discusses his perspective on working with other meat groups, market competition and working with the current administration in this conversation from World Pork Expo.

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• NPPC Past-president Don Butler and National Pork Producers Council Vice President and Counsel, International Affairs, Nick Giordano tag team an update on the front and center international trade issues as the U.S. rebounds from H1N1 market response.

When you look at efforts from just about every industry in the United States trying to tap into the emerging Latino market, one has to wonder when Animal Rights Activists will follow suit.

Companies are investing millions of dollars trying to reach this segment of the population. With some estimates putting Latino purchasing power at more than a trillion dollars, it just makes sense that companies would invest money and resources in this growing demographic.

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• Attorney John Simpson, partner at Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP, discusses recent rulings and explains strategies for dealing with activist lawsuits.
• For more information see Strategies for Coping with “Animal Law” Claims (full audio presentation and slides), from the 2010 Animal Ag Alliance Stakeholder Summit.

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• David Silverberg, Founding Editor of Homeland Security Today magazine, responds to the audience question of why the food supply has not been targeted.
• For more information see Terrorism Against the Food Industry – Impacting Food Safety and Security (full audio presentation and slides), from the 2010 Animal Ag Alliance Stakeholder Summit.

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• Iowa State's Dr. Dermotte Hayes provided an excellent economic overview of the potential of the Chinese market for North American producers with an interesting, though perhaps not politically feasible, perspective on why China should stop building their domestic swine industry.