A24-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 7,2001
Pork
Organizations
Separate
(Continued from Page A 1)
program restructuring required.
The Pork Board will have ap
proximately two years to dem
onstrate to producers and
importers the value of the
checkoff program to the indus
try.
USDA will conduct a survey
by June 2003 to determine
whether 15 percent of producers
and importers are in favor of
conducting a referendum to
decide continuation of the
checkoff program.
If the required number of pro
ducers and importers request a
referendum, the referendum
would then be held within one
year.
Restructuring
The restructuring requires the
National Pork Board to:
• Employ its own manage
ment and staff, including the
chief executive officer and chief
financial officer
• Manage separate contracts
for promotion, research, and
consumer information projects
• Maintain separate office op
erations from the NPPC
• Maintain separate commu
nications from the NPPC.
National Pork Board
On the National Pork Board
Website, the organization
posted a release which states
that the board will continue to
focus on checkoff-funded pro
grams following the official sep
aration from the NPPC, which
had been its general contractor.
The board is based in Des
Moines, lowa.
“The pork checkoff settle-
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Feb. 28 has resulted in signifi
cant changes for the National
Pork Board. We must continue
to provide the checkoff-funded
programs required by law but
now will manage them directly
rather than through a general
contractor.
“We now have our own loca
tion, our own accounting system
and our own staff,’’ explained
John Kellogg, president of the
National Pork Board and a pork
producer from Yorkville, 111.
“These are business decisions
that took time. We still have de
tails to work out, such as hiring
a chief executive officer and a
chief financial officer.’’
Plans to select a CEO are un
derway, with a candidate ex
pected to be identified in early
September. Once the CEO is se
lected, the hiring of a chief fi
nancial officer will take place.
Changes to separate accounting,
staff and locations occurred on
July 1.
NPPC
The NPPC, based in Wash
ington, D.C., says it will concen
trate on an ambitious legislative
and regulatory agenda that in
cludes trade policy, the environ
ment, food safety, animal
health, biosecurity issues, and
the upcoming Farm Bill.
“Pork producers continue to
set policy for the NPPC, which
now will focus on legislative and
regulatory issues that impact the
economic viability of pork pro
ducers and the pork industry,”
said NPPC President Barb
Determan, a pork producer
from Early, lowa.
“Whether it’s securing re
sources for conservation techni
cal assistance in the Farm Bill or
fighting for funding to upgrade
the animal disease research fa
cility at Ames, lowa, NPPC will
be leading the charge.
“Pork producers will continue
to work aggressively with the
U.S. government to open new
markets for U.S. pork and
thereby help ensure a brighter
future for our producers,”
Determan said.
“Pork exports have doubled
since 1994, but there are still
many countries that deny U.S.
pork imports through high tar
iffs or non tariff barriers.”
NPPC will continue working
closely with its members the 44
state pork producer associa
tions.
During the last joint National
Pork Industry Forum in March,
delegates voted to create a task
force to create the future struc
ture of the National Pork Pro
ducers Council.
The Task Force has met and
continues to move forward with
the restructuring of NPPC as re
quired by the delegates.
MPPA
The Michigan Pork Producers
Association (MPPA) “sought an
injunction in January contend
ing that USDA had no legal au
thority to conduct a binding
referendum. Moreover, the
USDA’s referendum was filled
with irregularities and failed to
apply consistent standards,”
said Pete Blauwiekel, Fowler,
Mich, pork producer.
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have been able to help pork pro
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their access to promotion, re
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