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Sep 15, 2005 12:00 PM,
by Joe Vansickle, Senior Editor (952) 851-4670; jvansickle@primediabusiness.com
Don Butler has been appointed to the board of directors of the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC).
Butler serves as director of government relations and public affairs for Murphy-Brown LLC, the swine production subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, Inc. He also manages a 7,000-head, wean-to-feeder pig operation.
Butler has served as president of the North Carolina Pork Council, board chairman of the Animal Agriculture Alliance and as a state delegate to the National Pork Industry Forum.
On the heels of the "lipstick on a pig" discussion, pork producers from Illinois are weighing in and adding a new perspective geared to "ham up" the conversation...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today reduced its forecast for this year’s corn and soybean harvests due to dry weather, setting up the potential for higher commodity prices...
