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- USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion - Grapevine: News about People - Eric Hentges named head of United States Department of Agriculture's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion - Brief Article
- Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman appointed a National Pork Board animal expert to oversee and evaluate USDA's federal dietary guidelines and the national food guide pyramid. Eric Hentges, vice president of education services at the National Pork Board, was picked to head USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. Created in...
- Research articles 2003-03-03
- Modifying Employee Behavior And Motivating Employees
- From the executive summary: ‘Changing behaviors has always been tough. Whether it involves an addiction; smoking, alcohol, controlled substances, a compulsion; eating, shopping, perfectionism or simple daily habits and routines. Some habits are good for people. They keep them efficient, and allow them to do regular, mundane tasks while thinking...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Hog breeders, feeders and meat processors are making pork leaner.(FOOD FACTS)
- Hog breeders, feeders and meat processors are making pork leaner. USDA's Agricultural Research Svc. will report new nutrition data for pork in 2007, showing average fat content in six popular pork cuts is 16% less than when measured in 1991. Better b Hog breeders, feeders and...
- Research articles 2006-07-07
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- The National Pork Board announces it has agreed to acquire ownership of the "Pork
- The National Pork Board NPR announces it has agreed to acquire ownership of the "Pork. The Other White Meat" trademark for $3 million per year for 20 years from the National Pork Producers Council NPPC. NPR has been licensing the rights to use the popular trademark, which was created...
- Research articles 2006-07-01
- -USDA: Glickman appoints five to National Pork Board
- M2 PRESSWIRE-9 July 1998-USDA: Glickman appoints five to National Pork Board C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:080798 Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman today announced five appointments to the 15-member National Pork Board. Appointees will serve 3-year terms. The five were chosen from among eight pork producers nominated by...
- Research articles 1998-07-09
- National Pork Board, Des Moines, Iowa, selects Osborn & Barr Communications, St. Louis, to launch a series of interactive educational training courses for pork producers and pork production employees
- National Pork Board, Des Moines, Iowa, selects Osborn & Barr Communications, St. Louis, to launch a series of interactive educational training courses for pork producers and pork production employees. A total of 14 training courses, covering pork production practices, will be available on CD-ROM and the Web throughout 2004. ...
- Research articles 2004-01-01
- The National Pork Board
- The National Pork Board has selected Steven D. Murphy of Des Moines, Iowa, as its new chief executive officer. Murphy had been president/chief operating officer of AgWeb.com, Inc., a derivative of the Farm Journal Corporation. Prior to AgWeb, Murphy was a vice president for Data Broadcasting Corporation and president of...
- Research articles 2001-11-01
- Osborn & Barr Communications, St. Louis, is selected by the National Pork Board, Des Moines, Iowa, to handle producer communications
- Osborn & Barr Communications, St. Louis, is selected by the National Pork Board, Des Moines, Iowa, to handle producer communications. The agency will assist NPB in executing a communications campaign targeted at all pork producers to broaden their knowledge and awareness of checkoff-funded activities.
- Research articles 2003-04-01
- USDA taps Pork Board expert - News Digests - Brief Article
- WASHINGTON--The U. S. Department of Agriculture appointed Eric Hentges, vice president of education services at the National Pork Board, to run the agency's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. Hentges will oversee and evaluate the USDA's dietary guidelines and the national food guide pyramid. The center was created in 1994...
- Research articles 2003-03-10
- It's time for pork
- By Ann Marie Bush THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Most people are familiar with the slogan "The other white meat," but Pamela Johnson, with the National Pork Board, wants people to include pork on their "mental menu" when they head to the grocery store. "It's definitely not...
- Research articles 2007-10-17
- It's time for pork
- By Ann Marie Bush THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Most people are familiar with the slogan "The other white meat," but Pamela Johnson, with the National Pork Board, wants people to include pork on their "mental menu" when they head to the grocery store. "It's definitely not...
- Research articles 2007-10-17
- Pork Checkoff Program Continues.(Brief Article)
- USDA reached a settlement with the National Pork Producers Council NPPC and the Michigan Pork Producer Association that will continue the Pork Checkoff Program. Under the settlement, certain program restructuring is required. The changes, effective immediately, will ensure the separation of the National...
- Research articles 2001-03-05
- High on the hog! After enjoying a strong year in 2004, retail pork processors are looking forward to another banner year in 2005.(fresh pork report)
- Key pork insiders say 2004 was a banner year for retail pork. Demand for meat, in general, was strong--but demand for pork, in particular, was excellent. "In 2004, pork gained more of the limelight as higher-protein diets took center stage. This has definitely helped...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- U.S. to aid pork producers with ID registration
- U.S. to aid pork producers with ID registration: USDA is planning to give $400,000 to representatives of the U.S. hog producing industry to bolster participation in the national livestock identification and tracking program. Dow Jones Newswires reports that USDA chief veterinarian John Clifford said the $400,000 is for an "initial...
- Research articles 2007-01-15
- Pork checkoff program.(MARKET PROGRAMS)
- Pork producers are moving toward a purely voluntary checkoff. It would replace the mandatory program now under legal challenge. The mandatory checkoff program is doomed unless the U.S. Supreme Court decides to reverse a lower court ruling. If the Court refuses the appeal or...
- Research articles 2004-04-02
- 'Swine Flu' Wreaks Havoc on Pork Industry, Despite Lack of Swine Connection
- Swine flu cases are turning up in a growing number of countries. The disease has killed more than a hundred in Mexico, screwed with the stock market and sent Smithfield shares tumbling. But there's one group that so far doesn't seem all that affected by the pandemic...
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
- Hogging the spotlight: pork processors ratchet up the flavors and formats, hoping to do the same to sales.
- The theme of the current marketing campaign sponsored by the Des Moines, Iowa-based National Pork Board NPB is "Don't Be Blah." It's also an apt directive for the pork category itself, as it grows to include a greater variety of products supported by more targeted marketing...
- Research articles 2006-08-01
- I Scream. You Scream. Farmers Scream For…the Other White Meat? America's Pork Producers Take the Campaign to Their Farms…Literally
- Business Editors, Marketing/Advertising Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo available on BW PhotoWire/AP PhotoExpress, NewsCom and on Business Wire's Web site at www.businesswire.com DES MOINES, Iowa--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 6, 2001 Today, the National Pork Board announced a new advertising campaign that might surprise Americans as they're driving...
- Research articles 2001-08-06
- Sales up for major pork processor.(Brief Article)
- Smithfield, VA-based Smithfield Foods, Inc. reports increased foodservice sales, which have been fueled by demand from burger chains and their customers. Foodservice comprised about 23% of the company's $9.3 billion in sales in fiscal 2004, which ended May 2. This is up from 15% in the...
- Research articles 2004-08-09
- Agweek Magazine Agriculture Briefs.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Jul. 24-- SIOUX FALLS, S.D.--CHESTER MCMANUS NAMED TO PORK BOARD POST: A Fulton, S.D., farmer who has been president of the South Dakota Pork Producers Council has been named to the National Pork Board by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman. Chester McManus' work on behalf of...
- Research articles 2000-07-23
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