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 0982 Show Notes: Dr. Steve Meyer with EMI Analytics shares his outlook on market prices and pricing opportunities in this conversation with Dave Russell. Link to Dr Meyer's Business Luncheon presentation at WPX 2017.

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 0979 Show Notes: Dr. Liz Wagstrom, Chief Veterinarian for the National Pork Producers Council discusses why livestock organizations are asking for Farm Bill funding to support development and storage of significant quantities of Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine in this conversation with Dave Russell.

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.

SwineCast 0975 Show Notes: From the 2017 World Pork Expo, the National Pork Producers Council briefs attendees on trade, FMD vaccine banks, and pork economics. John Weber (Immediate Past President of the NPPC) outlines the NPPC position on NAFTA and global pork trade. David Herring (NPPC Vice President) and Dr. Liz Wagstrom (Chief Veterinarian at National Pork Producers Council) make the case on the expansion of an FMD vaccine bank. And Dr. Steve Meyer (Vice President Express Markets Inc. Analytics) highlights the current state of the US and global pork economics.

SwineCast 0976 Show Notes: From World Pork Expo, Terry Holton (Seaboard Foods), Mark Campbell (Triumph Foods), and Mark Porter (Seaboard Triumph Foods) provide an update on their Sioux City plant's current status. The plant's design, usability, and food safety details are shared as this new plant plans to be opened in 2017.