World Pork Expo 2016 Audio Special for June 11, 2016

World Pork Expo 2016 Audio Special for June 11, 2016

-Nick Giordano, the Vice President and Counsel, Global Government Affairs with the National Pork Producers Council, discusses the value of trade to the U.S. pork industry and the importance of ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.
Feature Runs: 15:45
http://audio.farmscape.com/2016/6/giordano-160609.mp3

-Dr. Steve Meyer, the Vice President Pork Analysis with EMI Analytics and Consulting Economist with the National Pork Producers Council, discusses a proposed ban on packer ownership of livestock and concerns that proposal raises.
Feature Runs: 5:56
http://audio.farmscape.com/2016/6/meyer-160609.mp3

-Terry Wolters, a member of the Board of Directors of the National Pork Producers Council, discusses proposed amendments to the Processing, Revival and Interstate Meat Inspection Act that would allow the sale of non-federally inspected meats and the concerns such changes raise.
Feature Runs 4:30
http://audio.farmscape.com/2016/6/wolters-160609.mp3


       *Farmscape is a presentation of Sask Pork and Manitoba Pork Council