DES MOINES, I.A. (NAFB) – The World Pork Expo will be an in-person event scheduled for June in Iowa.
The National Pork Producers Council says that all of the needed COVID-19 protocols will be followed, and they believe their members are getting vaccinated. The event is June 9-11 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines.
“The decision didn’t come lightly,” says NPPC President Jen Sorenson. “It was very carefully considered.”
The Hagstrom Report says Sorenson notes that everyone in the pork industry values the in-person expo because they get together to do business, network, and adopt the latest technologies. NPPC officials say they don’t have specific numbers on how many of their members are getting COVID vaccinations, but they don’t know of any members declining the vaccine.