The country’s top pork producers convened at the National Pork Producers Council’s annual Pork Action Group (PAG) meeting in Marco Island, Fla., on Dec. 13-15.

Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was below average this past week, with 8,075 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $49.60, up $3.49 per head from last week.

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Seaboard Foods donated 17,500 servings of Prairie Fresh pork to northeast Oklahoma charities including Iron Gate, John 3:16 and Sand Springs Home in response to Oklahoma Pork Council’s Give-A-Ham challenge.

Here’s a round-up of news from pork industry companies and organizations.

The best day of his judging career, only four points shy of a 50-year-old record, will be how John Reaves of Spring, Texas, remembers being named high individual at the National Collegiate Livestock Judging Contest.