Volume 23 | Issue 5

Wednesday, March 1

11 a.m.       Allied Partners Update and Lunch

(allied members - contact the NC Pork office for more info)

1:30 p.m.     Registration opens for conference

2 p.m.          Addressing feral swine in North Carolina: taking responsibility & setting aim

Aaron Loukes, NCDA&CS & Falyn Owens, NC Wildlife Resources Commission

2:45 p.m.     Break

3 p.m.          Where is the threat now? An update on ASF

Dr. Lisa Becton, National Pork Board

3:45 p.m. Break

4 p.m.          Preparing for the unthinkable: Lessons from HPAI and other efforts to protect NC pork

Dr. Michael Martin, State Veterinarian, NCDA&CS

4:30 p.m.     PLC Reunion sponsored by First Bank and Trust

(Pork Leadership Carolina alumni only)

5 p.m.          Welcome Social sponsored by Naylor Association Solutions

5:30 p.m.     Bacon Bash registration opens

6 – 10 p.m.   Bacon Bash (members only) see sponsors listed below

Thursday, March 2

7 a.m.        Registration sponsored by Phinite

7:15 a.m.    Breakfast buffet opens sponsored by N.C. Farm Bureau

Bacon provided by Villari Foods

7:45 a.m.   Annual meeting (see notice at bottom of email)

8:30 a.m.    State & National Updates

NC Pork 2022 in Review – Jared Porter, 2022 President & Roy Lee Lindsey, CEO, NC Pork Council

National Pork Board – Bill Even, CEO

National Pork Producers Council – Brian Humphreys, CEO

10 a.m.       Networking Break sponsored by Zoetis

10:30 a.m.  Break out Session  – choose 1

Stockinghead watershed research update*

Dr. William Showers and Dr. Jay Levine, NC State University

Answering the tough questions

Ernie Barnes, National Pork Board

11:30 p.m. Awards luncheon sponsored by Farm Credit Associations of NC

Emerging Leader Award: Joey Short

Excellence in Innovation: Dr. Mark Knauer

Outstanding Pork Producer of the Year: Jennifer Daniels

W.W. Shay Award for Industry Distinction: Dr. Glen Almond

Awards luncheon: $30

2 p.m. Breakout Session  – choose 1

Digesters 101 - what you need to know*

Gus Simmons, Cavanaugh and Associates and Kraig Westerbeek, Smithfield Renewables

The new workforce - engaging with Gen Z

Roxi Beck, Center for Food Integrity

3:00 p.m.       Break

3:15 p.m.   I’m with the government and I’m here to help *

Christine Lawson, NC Department of Environmental Quality

4:00 p.m.     Adjourn

*Indicates OIC credit applied for

Aurora Pharmaceuticals

Brock Equipment

Ro-Main

USDA-APHIS

Silent Auction sponsors:

• Bill Carone Cars
• Farmers Ace Hardware
• Villari Foods 
• River Landing Country Club
• Parks Livestock
• Neese’s Sausage
• Porter Farms
• Dean Street Processing