The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) installed a new officer lineup at Pork Industry Forum, March 6-8 in Dallas, TX.
New NPPC President is Jon Caspers, co-owner of Pleasant Valley Pork Corp., Swaledale, IA, a farrow-to-finish operation marketing 20,000 hogs annually.
Keith Berry of Greencastle, IN, is president-elect. Berry owns and operates a 125-sow, farrow-to-finish operation with his son. He also farms 1,500 acres of corn and soybeans.
Tyler, MN, pork producer Don Buhl is the new vice president. He owns Buhl's Ridge View Farm, Inc.
New members of the NPPC board of directors are: Charlie Arnot, Kansas City, MO; Bryan Black, Canal Winchester, OH, and Terry Holton, Shawnee Mission, KS.