Articles tagged under: Pork Checkoff

A Promotion for Snyder

Published May 19, 2025

Ceci Snyder has been promoted to senior director of marketing and operations with FoodChain ID. She’s been with the company for nearly five years. Snyder spent over 20 years with the National Pork Board with most of that time as…
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Pork Checkoff Dollars at Work

Published January 20, 2025

The South Dakota Pork Congress was held last week in Sioux Falls. Dr. Meredith Peterson, director of swine health, National Pork Board, said important work is being done. "Programs like AgView, Secure Pork Supply, the Certified Swine Sample Collector Program;…
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New H5N1 Research Project Funded

Published November 7, 2024

The Swine Health Information Center, the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research and the Pork Checkoff are working together to fund a $4 million research program. The focus will be on the prevention, mitigation and response capabilities for H5N1 in…
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Pork Checkoff Rate Adjusts Lower

Published December 7, 2022

As of January 1, the mandatory pork checkoff rate will be at 35 cents per $100 of value. That’s down five cents from the current rate.  The rate change is due to a policy change approved at this past year’s…
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Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity

Published September 22, 2022

The Swine Health Information Center, the Pork Checkoff and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research are funding a new wean-to-harvest biosecurity program. The research program will focus on a significant biosecurity gap in U.S. swine production. This initiative will…
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Checkoff Program Rides the Price Roller Coaster

Published April 24, 2020

USDA oversees 21 research and promotion programs nationwide. The funding mechanism vary for each checkoff program. The mandatory beef checkoff is $1 per head, collected each time cattle are sold. Dairy farmers contribute a 15 cent per hundredweight assessment for…
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