http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/partner RSS Feed for Partner en-us Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:38:13 GMT http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/partner/Operation-Main-Street-celebrates-eight-years-187733851.html 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. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/partner/NPB-to-meet-with-Texas-pork-producers-185596021.html 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. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/partner/Vote-now-for-USFRA-farming-and-ranching-winners-182868031.html The U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) has identified nine finalists in its ‘Faces of Farming & Ranching’ program. Consumers and other farmers and ranchers around the country are asked to vote online for their favorites. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/partner/Passionate-about-perfection--182240681.html Judy Hinck's passion for animals began at an early age. She would take her homework into the farrowing barn as she monitored sows at her family's farrow-to-finish operation in Iowa. She showed animals in 4-H and FFA. And now, as farrowing manager at CD Bell in Belleville, Ill., she is one of five winners in the national Honoring Pork Caregivers program. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/partner/Minnesota-pork-producers-meeting-set-for-Dec-4-180168321.html The 2012 annual meetings for the Minnesota Pork Producers Association (MPPA) and Minnesota Pork Board (MPB) will be Dec. 4 at the Country Inn & Suites, Mankato. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/partner/LivestockandpoultryproducerssayRFSbroken-179682931.html A coalition of livestock, poultry and dairy organizations on Friday expressed extreme disappointment in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) denial of a request to waive a federal law that mandates the level of ethanol to be blended into gasoline. According to the coalition, it is "abundantly clear that this law is broken, and we will explore remedies to fix it.” http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/partner/179292181.html Rodney “Butch” Baker, DVM, senior clinician at the Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine department, Iowa State University, will use his experience and expertise in swine veterinary medicine to help guide the center’s work. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/partner/Animal-agriculture-demand-No-1-for-US-soy-172667231.html This year’s drought affected most of the United States and also impacted many domestic poultry and livestock farmers. Higher prices for soybeans leave animal ag partners to pay more at the feed mill. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/partner/Pfizer-outlines-veterinary-scholarship-program-172296441.html For the fourth consecutive year, Pfizer Animal Health and the American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF) invite second- and third-year students of veterinary medicine to apply for the Pfizer Animal Health Scholarship. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/partner/PQA-Plus-advisor-training-set-for-Nov-19-169216516.html The recertification session is limited to the first 30 participants who preregister and pay the recertification fee of $50 per person.