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The "Responsible Pork" mission is to serve as a change agent, bringing together senior-level pork industry influencers from all links of the pork food chain to exchange ideas, learn about challenges, find solutions and build networks.
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- There Has to be Balance…
- by Pork news staff
- That was one take-away point from most of the participants on the animal well-being panel. “Consumers are increasingly concerned about animal care. They want to trust that producers are doing the right things, but they want to see that trust validated,” said Stan Curtis, University of Illinois. “We need total transparency, and we're a long way from it. Until we do that, there will be questions.”
- Animal Well-Being: Who Decides Responsibility?
- by Marlys Miller
- How does a human know when an animal is comfortable or when its needs are being met? You can’t ask the animal.
- Gestation Stalls are on their Way Out; So now what?
- by Stuart Lumb
- Given that Smithfield, as well as Elite Swine in Canada, have committed to phasing out gestation stalls, loose housing has become a hot topic.
- Environmental Challenges Require Industry-wide Effort
- by Pork news staff
- Environmental challenges facing the pork industry have often been the high profile kind. Panel moderator Jon Scholl, Environmental Protection Agency, guided discussion on critical environment challenges.
- New Livestock Pollution Rules ‘Monumental Shift’
- by Pork news staff
- Tough new regulations covering livestock farms represent a major step forward in environmental protection, imposing severe penalties on those who continue to pollute rivers and streams with manure runoff, the National Pork Producers Council said in comments filed Monday.
- Turn Hog Waste Into Energy
- by Pork news staff
- Hog waste is becoming more of a valuable commodity. A new pilot program developed by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources will give hog producers an opportunity to find out for themselves. The Methane Capture Pilot Program provides an opportunity for hog producers to register their farms for potential participation in a new program that will convert swine waste into renewable energy.
- Employees Are Key to Success
- by Pork news staff
- Some call it people power, but whatever the term, human capital continues to be a significant challenge facing all of agriculture and the pork industry is no exception. A pork-industry panel led by moderator Don Tyler, Tyler & Associates, discussed the importance of securing a knowledgeable workforce today and in the future as a part of the movement toward responsible pork production.
- Roadmap to a Stable Workforce
- by Rick Jordahl
- A stable workforce strengthens your business. Creating that stability means you have to do many things well, such as addressing turnover, opening communication, being fair, and hiring, training and retaining the right employees.
- Growing Responsibilities: Are you up to the call?
- by Marlys Miller, Editor, Pork magazine
- You’ve long ago shed your hog farmer label. Ask people raising pigs today and they’ll tell you without hesitation that they are pork producers. Actually, increasingly more of you will respond that you’re food producers.
- Compliancy is Not an Option
- by Pork news staff
- “Consumers have an expectation that a product is safe and wholesome, and they shouldn’t have to worry about that, and they shouldn’t have to pay more for food safety,” said Tres Bailey with Wal-Mart. He pointed to a consumer survey that showed, a food safety confidence rating of about 55 percent (out of 100).
- Cloning Has a Long Road Ahead
- by Marlys Miller
- Unless you haven’t turned on a television or radio or read a newspaper since mid-January, you know that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent down its final approval on animal cloning.
- Organic Meat Sales Continue to Grow
- by Marlys Miller
- It's not news that the organic food market is a hot and growing commodity. But quantifying these things is important, so the research firm, Mintel, based in Chicago, set out to do that.
 Today's pork industry is affected by many different challenges and influences, including; government regulations, activists pressure, production efficiencies, packer requirements, and consumer, retailer and food service demands. Our mission is to inform and educate U.S. pork producers on these new issues, and help all stakeholders within the pork food systems remain competitive in the global marketplace. For all pork industry stakeholders, our objective is to raise the level of awareness on current issues, facilitate communication, and ensure that we have a voice in defining what "responsible pork" means today.
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