DES MOINES, lowa - The
National Pork Board, the 15-
member board that has the
responsibility for collecting the
new pork producers national
legislative checkoff and deter
mining where and how the funds
will be spent, held its first official
meeting Nov. 3 and 4 in Des
Moines.
The board elected Virgil
Rosendale, an Augusta, 111., pork
producer, to serve as its chairman.
Rosendale operates a medium-size
farrow-to-fimsh and seedstock
operation. He has been actively
involved in local, state and
national levels of the pork
producers association. He is a
former president of the National
Pork Producers Council and a
former chairman of the board of
the National Live Stock and Meat
Board.
Hilman Schroeder of Sauk City,
Wise, was selected by the board as
its vice chairman. He operates a
medium-size seedstock operation.
He is widely known for his unique
understanding of genetics within
the seedstock segment of the in
dustry.
The board made a number of key
decisions at its first session.
• It agreed to enter into a one
year contract with the National
Pork Producers Council (NPPC)
to handle the collection and refund
aspects of the new checkoff that
went into effect Nov. 1. The board,
during the contract period, will
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• Producers have indicated they
want to see administration costs
and staff kept to a minimum.
Heeding that, the board will em
ploy a two-person staff. Mike
Simpson was employed as full
time executive director. He had
served previously as director of
strategic planning for the NPPC.
The board will contract through
NPPC the services of an ad
ministrative secretary, and space
in the existing NPPC office in
suburban Des Moines.
• NPPC, under the law that
established the national legislative
checkoff, is guaranteed 35 percent
of total checkoff funding until a
referendum is held in late 1988 or
early 1989. The National Pork
Board approved the NPPC budget
covering that guarantee for 1987.
The National Live Stock and Meat
Board will receive 20 percent of the
net amount of the NPPC budget
figure under an existing
arrangement between the two
organizations under which the
Meat Board handles research and
educational projects for the pork
industry.
• The Pork Board recognized 45
state organizations that currently
qualify for state funding under the
new checkoff. Using an established
formula, all states that meet the
criteria contained in the law will
receive at least 16*2 percent of the
funds collected in their state.
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Twenty-six of the 45 qualified
states have already submitted
formal budgets for 1987 The Board
set a deadline of January 1,1987 for
the remaining states to submit
their budgets for approval. Once
state organizations have met all
the lawful criteria, including
submission of a formal budget,
they will be funded on a 60-day
retroactive basis.
• The board committed $4.5
million in discretionary funds to
the National Pork Producers
Council for development of a new
national advertising campaign
scheduled to begin early in 1987. In
addition, the board strongly en
couraged all state producer
organizations to commit additional
funds to the national advertising
program. The board agreed to
match additional state con
tributions on a dollar-for-dollar
basis up to an additional $1 million.
If that commitment is fully met by
the states, it will mean a total of
$6.5 million would be available for
the new national campaign for the
pork industry in 1987.
Rosendale, at a news conference
following the initial Pork Board
meeting, said that the board will
exercise the greatest possible
restraints concerning ad
ministrative costs, not only where
the board itself is concerned, but
on all present and future con
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attempt to utilize the facilities and
staff of existing industry
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effective and in accordance with
the Pork Act, the law under which
the National Pork Board
operates,” Rosendale said.
The National Pork Board
chairman suggested that any
organization or individual who had
business with the Board should
contact the executive director,
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next meeting in St. Louis sometime
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