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Jun 04, 2021
After 31 years of distinguished service with the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), including the last 20 as CEO, Neil Dierks has announced his plan to retire from NPPC by the end of the year. The NPPC Board of Directors has initiated a search for a new CEO. Dierks will remain in his role as CEO until the search process is completed and will serve as a strategic counselor during a transition period.
“Over the last 40 years, Neil has made countless, lasting contributions to the U.S. pork industry and established NPPC as a leading national advocacy organization and the global voice of the U.S. pork industry,” said Jen Sorenson, NPPC president and communications director with Iowa Select Farms in West Des Moines, Iowa. “He announces his plan to retire from NPPC at a time when the organization is in a stronger position than ever before to fulfill its advocacy mission.”
Des Moines Register
A four-story animal feeding operation under construction in east-central Iowa prompted concern on Twitter this week that one of the so-called high-rise hog hotels generating buzz in China had made their way to Iowa.
As it turns out, the facility belongs to Fremont Farms of Iowa, an egg company that s building two multi-story buildings for 1.3 million laying hens east of Grinnell. Fremont Farms says national demand for cage-free eggs prompted it to invest $85 million to convert a traditional egg-laying facility into one that gives the hens room to roam.
The company said the project also includes converting an existing affiliated farm into a cage-free facility with 355,000 pullets, or young hens.