If its about Pork Production, You�ll find it at NPPC's World Pork Expo

Seminars - Marketing

Underwriting Sponsor: Pork Magazine and the National Pork Producers Council

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Risk Management For Pork Producers Sponsored by: Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Varied Industries Building, Upper Level - East Thomas Clark, Associate Director, Commodity Products Why risk management is vital for a successful hog operation Developing a marketing plan Hedging with futures and options Educational trading tools for the hog producer

12:00 PM - 2:30 PM Lunch - National Pork Board Varied Industries Building, Upper Level - East Weather Outlook - Elwynn Taylor, Iowa State University Market Outlook - Steve Meyer, Paragon Economics

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Risk Management For Pork Producers Sponsored by: Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Varied Industries Building, Upper Level - East Thomas Clark, Associate Director, Commodity Products Why risk management is vital for a successful hog operation Developing a marketing plan Hedging with futures and options Educational trading tools for the hog producer

Thursday, June 10, 2010

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Risk Management For Pork Producers Sponsored by: Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Varied Industries Building, Upper Level Thomas Clark, Associate Director, Commodity Products Why risk management is vital for a successful hog operation Developing a marketing plan Hedging with futures and options Educational trading tools for the hog producer

9:45 AM - 11:30 AM Managing to Eliminate PRRS on the Farm Presented by: American Association of Swine Veterinarians Sponsored by: National Pork Board Varied Industries Building, Upper Level - East Dr. Paul Ruen, DVM-Fairmont Vet Clinic & President of American Association of Swine Veterinarians PANEL: Scott Dee, DVM - University of Minnesota; David Nolan, DVM - Cargill Pork, LLC; Rodney "Butch" Baker, DVM - Iowa State University; and Jon Caspers, Pleasant Valley Pork Corp These experts will discuss how the virus spreads, ideas to prevent PRRS from infecting your farm, creating and implementing a biosecurity plan, the effect of PRRS on your herd and production potential, controlling and eliminating the virus from your herd, and producers' grassroots to eliminate PRRS from their community.

12:00 PM - 2:30 PM Lunch - National Pork Board Varied Industries Building, Upper Level - East Weather Outlook - Elwynn Taylor, Iowa State University Market Outlook - Steve Meyer, Paragon Economics

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Risk Management For Pork Producers Sponsored by: Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Varied Industries Building, Upper Level - East Thomas Clark, Associate Director, Commodity Products Why risk management is vital for a successful hog operation Developing a marketing plan Hedging with futures and options Educational trading tools for the hog producer