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World Pork Expo Events and Times

June 3-5, 2009, Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines. A full slate of events and a pre-registration form is available at www.porkexpo.org.

Trade Show

Wednesday, June 3 and Thursday, June 4,
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, June 5, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Varied Industries Building, Cattle Barn, Outdoors
(southwest of Varied Industries Building)

At the world's largest pork-specific trade show, a wide array of pork industry products and services will be offered by over 500 exhibitors.

National Hog Farmer New Product Showcase

Wednesday, June 3 and Thursday, June 4, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday, June 5, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

National Hog Farmer Booth #623,
Varied Industries Building

Complete the New Product Tour at World Pork Expo. To participate, pick up an official New Product Tour passport at Gate 15 in the Animal Learning Center, at any of the New Product Tour participating booths and at the National Hog Farmer booth #623 in the Varied Industries Building. Have your passport stamped at all of the participating booths and you will be entered in a drawing to win the grand prize — a series of six World Pork Expo commemorative tractors! Once your passport has been stamped at all of the new product-nominated booths, bring your passport to the National Hog Farmer booth to vote for the Producer's Choice Award. There will be a daily tractor drawing, and all entrants will be entered to win the series of six World Pork Expo commemorative tractors.

Marketing Information Center

Wednesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Varied Industries Building

The Marketing Information Center offers producers the opportunity to learn about industry trends and outlooks that impact their bottom line.

Underwriting sponsors: National Pork Producers Council, National Pork Board and Pork magazine.

Wednesday, June 3, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. - Seminar sponsored by Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME):

  • Why risk management is vital for a successful hog operation; developing a marketing plan; hedging with futures and options; educational trading tools for the hog producer with Thomas Clark, associate director, Commodity Products — Risk Management for Pork Producers.

10 a.m. to noon - Seminar presented by AgroSoft North America

Noon to 2:30 p.m. - Outlook Session with lunch sponsored by the National Pork Board

  • Hog Market, Export and Competing Meats Outlook, Glenn Grimes, University of Missouri

  • Crop and Feedgrain production and Use Scenario, Robert Wisner, Iowa State University

  • Weather and Crop-Growing Conditions, Elwynn Taylor, Iowa State University

3 to 5 p.m. - ERG - (environ-mental consulting services) - Environmental and Economic Benefits of Capturing Swine Manure for Methane;

  • Financial resources available for digesters through USDA and the Farm Bill, Teresa Bomhoff, Rural Energy Coordinator, USDA Rural Development, Des Moines, IA

  • Digesters and the pork industry: An overview, Chris Voell, Program Manager, USEPA AgSTAR Program, Washington, DC

  • Case Study: Producer's perspective on a manure digester at a hog farm in Dodge, NE, Danny Kluthe, owner, OLean Energy

  • Is a manure digester right for you? A project developer's perspective, Norma McDonald, Operating Manager Phase 3 Renewables, Cincinnati, OH


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