Spencer, IA: (Sep 06, 2012) - More than fifty pork producers are meeting in Des Moines this week to draft a 2013 budget for the National Pork Board that focuses on building demand for pork and addressing challenging production issues.
 
Goals of the group include refreshing and re-positioning pork’s image to increase domestic and international consumer demand for pork; protecting the rights of U.S. farmers to produce pork in a socially-responsible and cost-competitive manner; and pursuing strategies to enable U.S. pork producers to remain highly competitive long-term on a global basis.
 
National Pork Producers Council President Conley Nelson says the impact of this summer’s drought on feed costs for pork producers will be high on the list of concerns for pork producers at the meeting.