Bacon and Bourbon tickets are now available; scholarship and leadership applications now being accepted

Volume 22 | Issue 7

Join NC Pork for a five-course meal featuring pork products paired with the perfect bourbon for each course.

Individual tickets are $125. A table for 8 is $1,000.

Note: This is not a PAC event, so corporate credit cards CAN be used to purchase tickets. Proceeds will go to support non-checkoff-funded programs.

Attention ag majors! NC Pork Scholarship application now available

Each year, the NC Pork Council awards $1,000 scholarships to two deserving North Carolina agriculture students attending a four-year university and four $500 scholarships to students attending a community college. You've got until April 15, 2022 to apply. Get the details on our website.

APPLY NOW

Still time to apply for Pork Leadership Carolina

The North Carolina Pork Council has announced the 2022 Pork Leadership Carolina (PLC) program. This program is designed to work with a select group of hog farmers, allied industry partners and others who have a keen interest in the pork industry and prepare them for the challenges and opportunities our industry will encounter in the future.

The 2022 PLC will include three sessions: April 26 & 27, June 15 and July 13 & 14. Each session will focus on a different set of challenges and opportunities. All lodging and meal expenses will be covered.

Anyone interested in participating is encouraged to complete the PLC application on our website by Friday, March 25. Applications will be reviewed, and participants announced by Friday, April 1.

Click here for information and to apply

What we're reading

ASF: Biosecurity Is Our Responsibility (PORK)
NC State: Vehicles transporting pigs major contributor to PRRSV spread (National Hog Farmer)
NC Pork Council recognizes Clinton farmer, firefighter (Sampson Independent)
Pork industry launches disease monitoring system (National Hog Farmer)
North Carolina’s Johnson Honored With State Executive Award (SwineWeb)
North Carolina State University Swine Innovation Forum set for May 12 (National Hog Farmer)

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