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Talking Pork with Roy Lee Lindsay at the 2012 National Pork Forum
Sat, 03 Mar 2012 14:00:10 CST
National Pork Forum is ending a three day run on Saturday- and according to Roy Lee Lindsay of the Oklahoma Pork Council, there is cautious optimism within the pork industry for 2012. Lindsay tells Ron Hays in a Saturday morning interview that Steve Meyer with Paragon Economics is estimating an average return of $12 per finished hog in 2012, which Lindsay says would result in a very profitable year for pork producers if realized. He does express concern about the high costs of production, which means if anything goes wrong, like a short corn crop or a pull back in pork exports- the positive outlook for 2012 could easily go out the window.
Lindsay says there has been a lot of discussion about the gestation crate issue in Denver, and that the two groups are likely to have a resolution coming out of their meetings to relook at all of the "sound science" when it comes to sow housing here in the US. He tells us that probably 35% to 40% of the sows that call Oklahoma home are now in group housing, with more conversations to happen over the next few years. This topic, by the way, was a part of the conversation that Ron had with Dennis Treacy of Smithfield Foods earlier in the week at the Bayer Crop Science Ag Issues Forum in Nashville- Smithfield operates sow facilities in Oklahoma under their Murphy Brown subsidiary. Click here for that conversation from Nashville between Ron Hays and Dennis Treacy.
Lindsay also talked with Hays about mCOOL and the undercover video that Oklahoma's Pork Industry had to deal with a few weeks back- Lindsay saying he has had more than one conversation with pork leaders in other states describing how Oklahoma responded to HSUS coming to Oklahoma and attempting to paint Oklahoma hog operations as bad actors.
The National Pork Forum is a combination of the National Pork Board and the National Pork Act delegates meeting, along with the annual meeting of the National Pork Producers Council. Serving as the Oklahoma representatives on the 156 member National Pork Act Delegates body are Karen D. Brewer, Joe C. Popplewell, David P. McMullen and Roy D. Cansler. Delegates meet annually to recommend the rate of assessment, determine the percentage of assessments that state associations will receive and nominate producers and importers to the 15-member National Pork Board. Additionally, Delegates provide non-binding advisements to the National Pork Board. National Pork Board President Everett Forkner, a pork producer from Richards, Mo., said those advisements are very helpful to board members as they carry out their duties on behalf of pork producers.
Click on the LISTEN BAR below for the conversation that Ron Hays had with Roy Lee Lindsay of the Oklahoma Pork Council during the 2012 National Pork Forum.
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