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Pork producers help feed hungry in Ohio
Ohio hog farmers have been actively involved in the fight against hunger for years. This Easter, the Ohio Pork Producers Council (OPPC) is making it easy for everyone to do their part to make sure that no child, adult or senior in Ohio goes without the basic necessity of food.
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Pork harnesses the power of Pinterest
The Pork Checkoff is inspiring pork’s biggest proponents, one little pin at a time, thanks to the astounding power of Pinterest.
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USFRA Consumer Media Tour decodes food terms
The U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA®) continues its outreach efforts on Friday this week with a Consumer Media Tour.
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Checkoff-funded research grows in importance
In an exclusive interview with PorkNetwork, Paul Sundberg, DVM, National Pork Board (NPB) vice president, science and technology, describes the research funding process as well as NPB’s primary research program areas. In addition, Sundberg describes the importance of influenza surveillance and animal identification efforts.
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AFBF board establishes strategic action plan for 2013
Following the delegate session of the American Farm Bureau Federation’s (AFBF) 94th Annual Meeting, the organization’s board of directors met to establish priorities for AFBF’s strategic action plan for 2013.
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Mo. pork producer named one of the new faces of farming
Chris Chinn, a fifth-generation Missouri pork producer, is not shy to talk about agriculture, and it’s this passion and drive that helped her become one of the newest faces of agriculture.
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Operation Main Street celebrates eight years
Pork’s positive messages are reaching far beyond meeting rooms and classrooms. Operation Main Street (OMS) presentations have generated more than 800 news stories with a reach of almost 29 million people.
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USMEF: U.S. 2012 pork exports to eclipse $6 billion
U.S. pork exports to Japan have rebounded nicely and could exceed $2 billion for the first time in a single year, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). The performance of U.S. pork exports also has been very strong in Mexico, Central America and South America.
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NPB to meet with Texas pork producers
The National Pork Board (NPB) will travel next week to Texas, where more than one of every three residents is of Hispanic descent, to explore opportunities to market more pork to the growing Hispanic population in the United States.
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Obama signs trade, human rights bill that angers Moscow
The trade bill with Russia, which also bars Russian human rights violators from entering the United States, further jeopardizes U.S. pork and beef exports to the country. Russia recently banned imports of U.S. pork and beef containing ractopamine, which the United Nation's food agency in July said "had no impact on human health" if residues stay within recommended levels.
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USMEF supports efforts to lift Russian trade restrictions
While U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) does not comment on ongoing government-to-government discussions, the group supports calls by U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack for Russia to suspend these new measures and restore market access for U.S. beef and pork products.
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