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2012 IPPA Annual Meeting Producers want quicker payment from packers Iowa’s pork producers are looking to get paid quicker when they take their hogs to market. Delegates at the 2012 Iowa Pork Producers Association Annual Meeting in Des Moines Jan. 24 unanimously passed a resolution encouraging meat packers to offer electronic funds transfer as a form of payment to producers. The resolution also seeks to make payment deposits available within one business day. “We need a consistent process for being compensated [for hog sales] and there are opportunities for electronic funds transfer,” said Todd Wiley, a pork producer delegate from Benton County. The resolution, submitted by the Benton County Pork Producers, cited the proliferation of electronic banking and impending inefficiencies of the U.S. Postal Service as reasons for seeking electronic payments from packers. The job now falls to IPPA and the National Pork Producers Council to encourage packers to offer EFT as a payment option. Only three other resolutions were submitted for action at the annual meeting and all were approved with little or no debate. The 106 delegates in attendance approved a resolution offered by the Montgomery County Pork Producers to have NPPC and the U.S. Trade Representative work with Canada and Mexico to negotiate a legal World Trade Organization solution to Country of Origin Labeling (COOL). The WTO has determined the current COOL trade regulations between the three North American countries are illegal. Export trade is extremely important to the pork industry and disagreements need to be settled 2011 IPPA President Leon Sheets delivers his “State of the Association” address to delegates at the IPPA Annual Meeting Jan. 24. before they result in retaliation such as the U.S.-Mexican trucking dispute, the resolution read. The other two resolutions were submitted by the IPPA Past Presidents’ Committee. One called on IPPA and NPPC to oppose any federally mandated animal production systems. “We don’t need our government telling us how to raise pigs,” said IPPA Past President Tim Bierman. “We want freedom to operate.” Delegates also approved a resolution dealing with proposed changes in the child labor laws, which the U.S. 16 March 2012
Department of Labor has already said will be revised to accommodate on-farm work by children. IPPA and NPPC were directed to support parental rights on determining work endeavors on farms that are appropriate for children, as well as organizations and programs that actively involve youth in agriculture. Delegates from all eight IPPA districts attended the meeting at the Des Moines Marriott and heard various state and national reports and received results of the 2011 IPPA Membership Survey. Iowa Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds addressed the attendees, Dr. Steve Meyer of Paragon Economics provided an economic update and National Pork Board CEO Chris Novak discussed the industry’s participation in the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance and how the alliance will promote agriculture. 2011 IPPA President Leon Sheets of Ionia also presented the “State of the Association” address. regulate dust and other particulate matter, requiring all CAFOs to register with the Environmental Protection Agency and the new GIPSA rule were among the issues. “Rules provide structure that we all find comforting, however we don’t need a rule for every possible situation,” Sheets said. “More common sense and fewer rules could better serve the citizens of the United States.” The meeting concluded with the honoring of several retiring IPPA Board members and the passing of the gavel from Sheets to 2012 IPPA President Bill Tentinger of Le Mars. Sheets discussed how increased revenues from a strong hog market have allowed IPPA to fund new research projects addressing manure issues. “Additional research will be conducted on the impact of manure application on ground to be planted to soybeans,” he said. The Iowa Environmental Protection Commission has focused on the issue for several years and a final regulation will be introduced to Iowa pork producers next year. IPPA also is directing additional research funds to the problem of manure foaming in pits under hog buildings. “Iowa State University has agreed to coordinate the effort, which will include universities in neighboring states,” Sheets added. Sheets addressed the alliance in his association update. “Too many people in the U.S. are removed from agriculture, so the organizations are investing in the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance,” said Sheets. “The alliance is viewed as a critical way for all of U.S. agriculture to come together and tell a positive story. People in the U.S. have lost touch with agriculture and this is an opportunity to help them connect.” The industry was kept busy in 2011 responding to proposed legislation and regulations that would negatively impact pork producers. Proposals to March 2012 17
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