NPPC Delegates Pass Resolutions, Elect Officers During Pork Industry Forum
National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) delegates passed two resolutions at its virtual annual meeting during the Pork Industry Forum on March 3.
The resolutions are as follows:
1. Strategic Investment Program
During the 2019 annual meeting, delegates passed a resolution to increase the Strategic Investment Program (SIP) contribution rate from 10 cents to 20 cents per $100 of value of each market hog sold, effective July 2021. At the 2021 meeting, the delegates passed a motion to delay this increase until July 2022 simply because NPPC’s financial position is solid, explained Jen Sorenson, NPPC president, during a media briefing following the meeting.
“The delay gives the organization a chance to align the SIP increase with a broader plan to increase NPPC revenue from this and other sources, an element of our long-range strategic plan,” Sorenson said.
2. CME Group’s Pork Cutout contract
The second resolution addressed the CME Group's Pork Cutout contract which was introduced in November 2020. Delegates approved a motion calling on NPPC, in collaboration with the National Pork Board, to support the contract through training and education across the industry.
“NPPC fully supports the new contract, another risk management option in addition to the Lean Hog contract,” Sorenson said. “It plays a key role in enhancing market visibility, which is so important to maintaining a highly competitive and innovative pork production system in the United States.”
NPPC Elects New Officers, Board Members
NPPC elected new officers and members to its board of directors. Jen Sorenson of West Des Moines, Iowa, was introduced as the 2021-2022 NPPC president. Sorenson takes over from Howard “AV” Roth, a hog farmer from Wauzeka, Wis., who becomes NPPC immediate past president and chairman of the council’s trade and nominating committees.
Terry Wolters of Pipestone, Minn., was elevated to president-elect. Scott Hays of Monroe City, Mo., was elected to serve as NPPC vice president. Rob Brenneman of Washington, Iowa, and Jeb Stevens of Osgood, Ind., were elected as new members of the board.
“Guided by their many years of experience and diverse backgrounds, Jen, Terry and Scott will bring new insight and enthusiasm to NPPC and our producers,” NPPC CEO Neil Dierks said in a release. “With the addition of our new board members, NPPC remains well positioned to advocate for the public policy interests of America’s pork producers.”
They join current directors Craig Andersen of Centerville, S.D., Mark Cooper of Des Moines, Iowa, Bob Ivey of Goldsboro, N.C., Dr. Jeremy Pittman of Waverly, Va., Dr. Gordon Spronk of Pipestone, Minn., Duane Stateler of McComb, Ohio, Lori Stevermer of Easton, Minn., and Russ Vering of Howells, Neb. Cooper was re-elected to a new two-year term and Andersen and Stateler were re-elected to new three-year terms.
Elected for two-year terms to NPPC’s nominating committee were Adam Dohrman of Houstonia, Mo., and Jay Moore of Jackson, Minn.
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