Lincoln, NE – Miranda Hornung of Davey, Nebraska was named the 2020 recipient of the Larry E. Sitzman Youth in Nebraska Agriculture Scholarship at the Nebraska Pork Producers Association’s Annual meeting held on February 12 in Lincoln. Miranda will receive a...
The leadership of the Nebraska Pork Producers Association (NPPA) engages in several key communication tools to effectively communicate its story. The ongoing mission to inform and educate producers, consumers, teachers, students and key stakeholders at the city,...
Pork Leadership The Pork Leadership Program was created to build awareness, interest, and involvement in the pork industry. Program participants further develop their skills as leaders and naturally emerge as the next wave of active and engaged members of committees...
We want to thank all those who participated in the 2020 Nebraska Pork Producers Association’s (NPPA) annual meeting in Lincoln on February 12th. The well attended meeting brought a day of full of information, ideas, and renewed relationships to our members. The...
Over the past year, the Nebraska Pork Producers Association (NPPA) has been participating in African Swine Fever (ASF) exercises. Preparing for a foreign animal disease outbreak is crucial in making sure our farmers can continue to operate and market their animals....
NPPA Executive Director Al Juhnke recently returned from a trip led by Governor Pete Ricketts, with the Nebraska ag trade delegation and hosted by Dan Kritenbrink, the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam. Ambassador Kritenbrink is a native of Nebraska and graduate of the...
The NPPA provided 500 pulled pork sandwiches catered by Skeeter Barnes for the 11th annual Project Connect Lincoln on Friday, September 20 at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The goal of the annual event is to provide a one-day, “one-stop-shop” for the many people who experience...
The 2019-2020 Pork Mentorship Program made stops in Lincoln, Overton and Fremont August 14 through 16 during its first tour of the year. The program is designed to introduce college students to careers in Nebraska’s pork industry. The program provides a variety of...
Nebraska pork industry leaders joined 125 counterparts from across the country in Washington, D.C., on September 11 and 12 to participate in the National Pork Producers Council’s (NPPC) Fall Legislative Action Conference (LAC). The program featured several NPPC...
By Allison Zabel The Nebraska Pork Leadership group met at the end of July for its third seminar and had a full agenda. On the first day, we met at the Nebraska Pork Producers Association office in Lincoln. Our first meeting was with Steve Martin, executive director...
