The Nebraska Pork Producers Director of Education, Sophia Lentfer has announced that applications are now being accepted for the Larry E. Sitzman Youth in Nebraska Agriculture Scholarship. College students enrolled as full-time undergraduate or graduate students at a fully...
NPPA donates 2 swine simulators to Northeast Community College
Two University of Nebraska–Lincoln scientists have received a $627,000 federal grant to study a viral disease posing a significant threat to the swine industry worldwide.
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus is widespread, causing reproductive failure in sows and major respiratory...
Mark Wright, President of the Nebraska Pork Producers Association (NPPA) presided over the 2023 annual meeting of the Association membership. The Membership chose two new directors and re-confirmed Justin Hankins of Omaha as First Alternate. Austin Zimmerman of Wymore...
Pork Industry Report - NPPA President Mark Wright Expo Invite
84th Minnesota Nutrition Conference 2023
September 20 & 21, 2023
Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center
1 Civic Center Plaza
Mankato, MN 56001
The Minnesota Nutrition Conference, now in its 84th year, is a highly regarded and well-known livestock nutrition conference in the upper...
Pork Industry Report - Russ Vering, NPPC Director WPX
Pork Industry Report – Terry Hejny, LEAD Program Director
Nebraska Veterinarian to Receive Top Swine Award
Dr. Tom Petznick, a swine veterinarian based in Omaha, NE will receive the 2023 Science in Practice award at the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference in September. For over 25 years Petznick has...
Governor, company say he wasn’t involved in grant process
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is one of about 200 farmer-owners of a pork processing plant in Fremont, Neb., that was awarded a $25 million federal grant to help add a second...