Drought grabbed headlines this week. And then there were a few what-were-they-thinking moments that also made the news. A group of U.S. senators sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) asking for an explanation for USDA’s recent promotions of “Meatless Mondays.” The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) was also dealing with fallout from an unfortunate quote referencing gestation stalls. Read these and other stories impacting the business of pork production in this week's issue of the National Hog Farmer Weekly Wrap-Up Newsletter.

Lora Berg 1, Editor

August 3, 2012

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National Hog Farmer's Weekly Wrap-Up for August 3, 2012

Once again the wide-spread drought plaguing much of the United States has grabbed headlines this week. Pork producers are increasingly concerned about feed costs and availability, not to mention possible competition from the ethanol industry for scarce corn supplies. There were a few what-were-they-thinking moments this week that also made the news. A group of U.S. senators sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) asking for an explanation for USDA’s recent promotions of “Meatless Mondays.” The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) was also dealing with fallout from an unfortunate quote referencing gestation stalls, possibly taken out of context, which appeared in a National Journal article last week.  Read these and other stories impacting the business of pork production in this week's issue of National Hog Farmer's Weekly Wrap-Up Newsletter.

About the Author(s)

Lora Berg 1

Editor, National Hog Farmer

Lora is the editor of National Hog Farmer. She joined the National Hog Farmer editorial team in 1993, served as associate editor, managing editor, contributing editor, and digital editor before being named to the editor position in 2013. She has written and produced electronic newsletters for Farm Industry News, Hay & Forage Grower and BEEF magazines. She was also the founding editor of the Nutrient Management e-newsletter.

Lora grew up on a purebred Berkshire operation in southeastern South Dakota and promoted pork both as the state’s Pork Industry Queen and as an intern with the South Dakota Pork Producers Council. Lora earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from South Dakota State University in agricultural journalism and mass communications. She has served as communications specialist for the National Live Stock and Meat Board and as director of communications for the University of Minnesota College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences. During her career, Lora earned the Story of the Year award from the American Agricultural Editors’ Association and bronze award at the national level in the American Society of Business Publication Editors’ competition. She is passionate about providing information to support National Hog Farmer's pork producer readers through 29 electronic newsletter issues per month, the monthly magazine and nationalhogfarmer.com website.

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