I have been raising hogs on my family farm since 1958. I am current president of the National Pork Producers Council and I am also a member of NPPC's Board of Directors and Federation Council.
Pork is the world's meat of choice.
Pork represents 44 percent of daily meat protein intake in the world. A combination of foreign market trade barriers and highly subsidized competitors kept a lid on U.S. pork exports. The industry strongly supports further trade liberalization measures. These trade agreements permit U.S. pork producers to exploit their comparative advantage in international markets. Since 1995, when the Uruguay Round Agreement went into effect, U.S. pork exports to the world have increased by approximately 45 percent in volume terms and 75 percent in value terms from 1994 levels.