Every Friday afternoon the Nebraska Pork Producers Association releases a radio report about news events in the pork industry or about the association. You can find them below or on KTIC and KRVN on Saturday mornings.

December

12-27-25 NePPA SHIC Lisa Beckton

12-20-2025 Jackie Heinrich is NPPA’s new Director of Digital Media and Communications

12-13-2025 Jane Stone on the Give-A-Ham promotion 

12-06-2025 Past NPPC President Scott Hayes on MAHA and impacts for pork consumption

 

November

11-29-2025 Past NPPC President Scott Hayes on the status of pork exports, USMCA, and trade overall

11-22-2025 Neal Hull from National Pork Board with an update on the Taste what Pork can Do campaign

11-15-2025 Seth Mitchell on ways to volunteer with NE Pork thru committee groups

11-08-2025 NPPA Executive Director Seth Mitchell on the International Pig Liveability Conference in Omaha

11-01-2025 Jose De La Cruz on events he attended during October Pork Month

 

October

10-25-2025 New National Pork Board CEO David Newman

10-18-2025 Steve Martin with an A-FAN update

10-11-2025 David May Member of  NPPA Board Of Directors

10-04-2025 Jane Stone of October Pork Month Activities

September

09-27-2025 NPPA Board member Katie Stack on the lastest witht US Swine Health Improvment Plan

09-20-2025 NPPA President Walt Traudt From Clay Center on his recent trade mission to Japan with Govenor Pillen

09-13-2025 J ane Stone on the Taste of Elegance Sept 18^th in Omaha, to benefit Completely Kids

09-06-2025 Austin Zimmerman on the grilling event at the State Fair to feed Swine exhibitors and their families

August

08-30-2025 NPPA Executive  Director Seth Mitchell with a wrap on August and his first 6 months, last call on the swine health survey, and a golf event in September

08-23-2025  Jane Stone on August activities in Friend, Hastings, and State Fair.

08-16-2025 NPPA Education Director Jose De La Cruz on activities at this years NE State Fair

08-09-2025 Jane Stone on events in Omaha, Genoa, and Lincoln over the last 2 weeks involving pork promotion 

08-02-2025 Dr Meredith Petersen with National Pork Board disscusses the work and effort so far to develop the National Swine Health Strategy… also producer input is encouraged now thru Sept 1

July

07-26-2025 Animal Science Professor and Interm CASNR Dean Thomas Burkey highlights some of the swine-related research taking place at UNL

07-19-2025 From NE Pork Expo in York Jaylea Pope visits with Nebraska Extension Specialist Amy Schmidt

07-12-2025 From NE Pork Expo in York Jaylea Pope visits with Neil Hull from the National Pork Board

07-05-2025 NPPA President Ryan Preister on next week’s expo and being a part of the strategic planning process.

June

06-28-2025 Gina Hartsook with National Pork Board on the Advancing Markets for Producers grant program

06-21-2025 NPPA President Elect Walt Traudt on the strategic planning process and seeking ideas from pork producers across the state

06-14-2025 Ever Ag Economist Lee Schultz on the situation and outlook for pork producers  from World Pork Expo in Des Moines

06-07-2025 Alexis Warner  member of the NPPA Ambassadors for 2025 talk about World Pork Expo in Des Moines

May

05-31-2025 NPPA Executive Director Seth Mitchell on expanded and improved NE Pork Expo set for July 8-9 in York

05-24-2025 NPPA Executive Director Seth Mitchell on this week’s USMEF meetings in Texas

05-17-2025 President Ryan Preister from Humphrey summarizes some topics talked about at this week’s Board meeting

05-10-2025 National Pork Board has launched a new campaign called “Taste what Pork can Do” Columbus pork producer Bill Luckey was in NYC for the launch

05-03-2025-  Jane Stone talks about a partnership with the Midwest BBQ Association

April

04-26-2025- NPPA Education Director Jose De La Cruz talks about attending the Washington County Ag Festival this week in Arlington

04-19-2025 Jane Stone on her annual interaction with the state’s dieticians at a conference in Nebraska City

04-12-2025 John Czukker, past president of the NE Pork Producers Association, spent time in Washington DC this week

04-05-2025 Rylie Arens from Crofton on her State FFA Convention experience and meeting with staff at the NE Pork Producers Association

March

02-29-2025 Exit interview with Al Juhnke

03-22-2025 Bill Luckey and Seth Mitchell recap the ’25 Nat’l Pork Industry Forum

03-15-2025 Seth Mitchell, the new Executive Director for the NE Pork Producers Association

03-08-2025 Emily Krause with National Pork Board on ways pork checkoff is connecting with food influencers and dieticians

03-01-2025 Jane Stone on the Pro Start Program interacting with and introducing pork to high school students interested in the culinary arts

February

02-22-2025 Russ Vering on his time representing Nebraska on the NPPC Board of Directors

02-15-2025 Legislative update with Executive Director Al Juhnke

02-08-2025 UNL’s Amy Schmidt on a multi-state research project using hog manure in cropping systems – looking at the impact of hog manure on soil characteristics and yields

02-01-2025 Casey Forsyth with FeedFlo on the use of sensor-based-technology to help prevent out-of-feed events in pig barns

January

01-25-2025 Steve Hoefer invites pork production owner/operators, contract growers, and employees in pork production to informational meetings in Jan, Feb and March

01-18-2025 UNL Grad Student Storey Forster on a project she’s working on using AI to identify and track tail-biting in pork production systems

01-11-25 Neal Hull from National Pork Board on a new focus in consumer outreach for 2025

01-04-25 NPPA’s Steve Hoefer on producer meetings being held in Jan Feb and March