Special Report

Iowa pork producer will lead National Pork Board

A pork producer from Cherokee, Iowa is the new president of the National Pork Board.

Derrick Sleezer was elected to that position at the Pork Board’s recent meeting at World Pork Expo.  Elected as vice president was Jan Archer from Goldsboro, North Carolina. Terry O’Neel, a producer from Friend, Nebraska, was elected treasurer.

The National Pork Board administers the national pork checkoff.

Sleezer tells Brownfield that, as the industry moves into an expansion phase, pork promotion efforts will increase in importance.

AUDIO: Derrick Sleezer