(Radio Iowa) – A series of regional educational conferences for Iowa hog farmers will be held this week at four strategic locations around Iowa. Zoey Dinkla is producer education director for the Iowa Pork Producers Association, which is helping put on the seminars.  Dinkla says, “The Iowa Pork Producers Association, the Pork Industry Center and Iowa State Extension and Outreach partner together to meet our production employees, our veterinarians, and any swine industry stakeholders, bringing them educational material, updates to the industry, and any kind of engagement that we can get with our producers where they are.”

She says there are several nationally-known speakers who will be sharing their knowledge at the conferences, including: “This year, we have Dr. Brett Kaysen with the National Pork Board,” Dinkla says. “He’s the senior vice president of producer and state engagement, so he’ll be discussing program of states that they’ve been working really hard in domestic and international markets, as well as all their success in foreign animal disease preparedness and prevention.”

The meetings are being held today (February 19th) in Orange City, February 20th in Webster City, February 21st in Nashua, and February 22nd in Washington.
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